The fairest objection to policies focused on graduation rates is that they could cause some colleges to graduate undeserving students.
While education experts are increasingly focused on graduation rates, many students and families are not.
We are focusing on graduation rates, not literacy and numeracy levels.
In Los Angeles, we teamed up with the College Futures Foundation to form the Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund (LASIF), a consortium of 32 nonprofit organizations focused on graduation rates.
Current approaches to improving diversity in scientific research focus on graduating more STEM majors, but graduation with a STEM undergraduate degree alone is not sufficient for entry into graduate school.
Rossi advises students to apply to schools that have a strength in the area they might want to focus on after graduation, and then find the one with the best aid, the best completion rates, and the lowest amount of student debt.
In that time, Dr. Pollard has focused on increasing graduation rates, making the college more student-friendly and, mostly, getting to know the campus.
The Powells, who founded America's Promise Alliance in 1997, announced on Monday a 10-year campaign called "Grad Nation" directed at the lowest performing high schools in the country and focusing on improving graduation rates and preparations for college.
The new report was commissioned by the Get Schooled Foundation, a campaign focused on increasing graduation rates that is partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
I join fellow leaders in higher education in focusing on increasing graduation rates and our best partners to make this happen are our students.
