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Saturday, July 18, 2009
College achievement
Data piece: 50% of those entering college for a degree don't make it.
That's disturbing, but at the same time, not surprising. It's actually scary when you picture sitting in a classroom and half those people won't make it. At the same time, though, it's actually impressive that half the people do. I know I went to Catholic school and we had like a 98% rate of those going on to college. And it really seems like they did (I waited, and kinda watched also) I think almost all my friends dropped out, did not finish, and work normal jobs now. Getting back in touch with the others...it seems about 50/50. But so many wait these days, being non-traditional students, getting motivation later. So I wonder, is that 50% that "make it" is it less of the teens right out of high school? Interesting.
That's disturbing, but at the same time, not surprising. It's actually scary when you picture sitting in a classroom and half those people won't make it. At the same time, though, it's actually impressive that half the people do. I know I went to Catholic school and we had like a 98% rate of those going on to college. And it really seems like they did (I waited, and kinda watched also) I think almost all my friends dropped out, did not finish, and work normal jobs now. Getting back in touch with the others...it seems about 50/50. But so many wait these days, being non-traditional students, getting motivation later. So I wonder, is that 50% that "make it" is it less of the teens right out of high school? Interesting.
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