Tuesday, November 17, 2015

WHY ARE COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES DECLINING?

Comment on “Despite efforts to increase them,  university graduation rates fall.” Hechinger Report, 11/17 (John Marcus)
Published at:
http://hechingerreport.org/despite-efforts-to-increase-them-university-graduation-rates-fall/

The decline in college graduates has two obvious sources: The huge expense of college in a time of economic difficulty for everyone but the super-wealthy, and the growing understanding that college might not be the best route for everybody, despite the administration's push for increased college graduation rates.

Former US Secretary of Heath, Education and Welfare John Gardner warned us of the consequences of not paying attention to other forms of post-secondary education: "The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

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