The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: New Report Points To Dismal College Graduation Rates

September 28, 2011

New Report Points To Dismal College Graduation Rates

A report to be released on Tuesday by a group seeking to raise college graduation rates shows that despite decades of steadily climbing enrollment rates, the percentage of students making it to the finish line is barely budging. The numbers are stark: In Texas, for example, of every 100 students who enrolled in a public college, 79 started at a community college, and only 2 of them earned a two-year degree on time; even after four years, only 7 of them graduated. The report recommends that states adopt financing incentives to push colleges to pay more attention to completion rates. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/education/27remediation.html?_r=1

Sep 28, 2011 2:22:00 AM | Data/Statistical Reports, Higher Ed Industry

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