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Boosting graduation rates
Baccalaureate graduation rates in America are one of the most disheartening aspects of higher education. The national six-year graduation rate -- for all four-year programs, mind you -- is 56.1percent. So bad is the situation that the Department of Education does not even keep four-year statistics. As ACTA has emphasized the importance of tending to these woefully low graduation rates in our state report cards (here and here), we applaud the news that the University of Colorado regents are discussing how to improve CU's 67 percent six-year rate -- which they remark is below that of their peer schools. As we noted in our Georgia report card, acknowledging the problem is the first step to addressing it.
Posted by David Azerrad on March 13, 2009 at March 13, 2009 12:31 PM
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