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Graduation rates show higher ed should change setup for nontraditional students

(Nancy Van Valkenburg, Standard-Examiner) -- Only 16 percent of Utah public college and university students who enroll full time at in-state, four-year programs actually graduate four years later, a national study of college-completion rates has found. Give the same group another two years, and you'll get an extra 24 graduates per 100 original enrollees. Double the original four years to...

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Community Colleges Pledge to Raise Graduation Rates

The Wall Street Journal (4/21, Banchero) reports that officials attending the annual meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges signed a "call to action" in which they pledged to raise graduation rates to above the 50% mark over the next ten years. They also pledged to increase students' workforce readiness. The Journal quotes Susan Traiman, the public-policy...

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