Dismal Part Time Completion Rates for Public Schools - NYT

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  1. rmm0484

    rmm0484 Member

    All;

    The enclosed New York Times article describes completion rates that are very low for part time students at public colleges:

    "....about 4 of every 10 public college students attend part time — and no more than a quarter of part-time students ever graduate"

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/education/27remediation.html?ref=education

    There is no reason to think that completion rates for private and for profits are any higher. Would you agree or disagree?
     
    rmm0484, Sep 28, 2011
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  2. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    With such dismal graduation rates, it appears that the public university/college system is simply accepting tuition monies to make money. Maybe all public monies should stop being pumped into such an inefficient money grabbing system? LOL
     
    me again, Sep 28, 2011
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  3. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    My first thought when I read the title of this thread was exactly this:

    The numbers mean absolutely nothing. There is no way of knowing how many of those students later went on to graduate at institutions whose statistics were not being counted, how many of those students actually planned on getting a degree, how many of those students died, how many of them only needed a few credits for some purpose, how many of them were just interested in continuing education, how many of them were just trying out college but weren't sure if they'd care enough to continue, how many of them moved... and any scenario you can imagine.

    Evidentially, these findings are based on enrollment and graduation statistics, which as demonstrated above, leads to way too many confounding factors.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Sep 28, 2011
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  4. GeeBee

    GeeBee Member

    What Maniac Craniac said is true. Consider me as a prime example.

    I took four classes at Durham Tech Community College. I then transferred to the online program at UIS. But Durham Tech doesn't know that. All they know is that I took some classes but did not complete my Associates degree. In their statistics, I'd be a dropout.
     
    GeeBee, Sep 28, 2011
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