The document discusses issues with college graduation rates and the need to better engage and support students. It notes that graduation rates are lowest at two-year community colleges at 12% and highest at private four-year colleges at 56%. Nearly 30% of freshmen leave college in their first year. 50% of students in two-year colleges and 20% in four-year universities require remedial classes, which don't work. There is a need for co-requisite classes and additional support to help more students graduate. Teachers are seen as part of the solution to improving education.
1. If Education is the question,
then teachers are the answer
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The Problem is not getting into College
Its Getting THROUGH College
Gordon McMillan
2. You can't succeed at anything if you quit
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3. Ā Don't be a quitter, be a failure.Ā
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9. Supporting Point One
What
Ā we
Ā see
Ā is
Ā a
Ā worrying
Ā trend
Ā amongst
Ā American
Ā schools
Ā and
Ā colleges,
Students
Ā attending
Ā two-Āāyear
Ā community
Ā colleges
Ā had
Ā a
Ā 12
Ā percent
Ā graduation
Ā rate.
Ā Students
Ā attending
Ā four-Āāyear
Ā public
Ā state
Ā colleges
Ā had
Ā approximately
Ā a
Ā 33
Ā Percent
Ā Graduation
Ā rate.
Ā Students
Ā at
Ā four-Āāyear,
Ā private
Ā colleges
Ā managed
Ā the
Ā best
Ā rate
Ā at
Ā 56
Ā percent.
Historically,
Ā nearly
Ā 30%
Ā of
Ā freshmen
Ā leave
Ā college
Ā in
Ā their
Ā Hirst
Ā year
Ā of
Ā study.
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Students attending four-year
public state colleges had
approximately a 33 Percent
Graduation rate.
