The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Part-Time Students Are The Majority And The Majority Do Not Graduate

September 29, 2011

Part-Time Students Are The Majority And The Majority Do Not Graduate

A new report finds evidence of a new majority on college campuses: part-time students. Three-quarters of today’s college students attend part time, juggling classes along with work and family responsibilities, according to a new report from the nonprofit Complete College America. Outcomes for part-time students are starkly worse than for their full-time counterparts. The completion rate for part-time students seeking a bachelor’s degree is 24 percent in the states surveyed, even when students are given eight full years to finish. The corresponding completion rate for full-time students is 61 percent. Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/report-exposes-hidden-failure-of-part-time-students/2011/09/27/gIQAZHWl1K_blog.html?wprss=college-inc

Sep 29, 2011 1:48:00 AM | Data/Statistical Reports, Trends/Forecasts

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