I wish the original article included information about how they collected
the data. I have to wonder how the study tracks students who change
colleges.
Ann Calhoun-Sauls
Belmont Abbey College
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From: Jeff Ricker
To: TIPS
Sent: 8/15/01 5:35 PM
Subject: More College Students Drop Out Than Graduate
Wednesday August 15
More College Students Drop Out Than Graduate
By Leslie Gevirtz
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fewer than half of U.S. college students make it to
graduation, which means that Americans have a better chance of getting
an accurate weather report than they have of getting a university
degree.
Less than 50 percent of students entering four-year colleges or
universities actually graduate, Council for Aid to Education (CAE)
researchers said in a report. ''And that's a conservative estimate,''
said Richard Hersh who co-authored the report on the quality of higher
education for the National Governors Association....
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