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$3.97 billion
That's the amount that colleges in the U.S. spend each year on freshmen who drop out. And it's just one of many disturbing statistics that are now available at http://collegemeasures.org.
College Measures is a new website that takes information from IPEDS (a federal database) and makes it usable for the average person. Do you want to know how many students at your alma mater default on their loans? It's there. What percentage of students actually graduate from your state's public universities? It's there. How much does your state spend to educate each student? And how does that compare to other states? It's all there.
Trustees and policymakers--not to mention the general public--should jump at this new source of transparent data.
Posted by Heather Lakemacher on October 08, 2010 at October 8, 2010 04:39 PM
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