Graduation Rates for At-Risk Students
Colleges who serve students who are at risk of not completing their studies have been the recent focus for the CCA or Career College Association. The CCA took an in depth look at the federal student data bases in order to compare how well different types of schools do with different students, with the emphasis on how well the different types of schools do with at-risk students. At-risk student include students who are older, come from low income backgrounds, the first generation to attend college, studying part-time and working while a student.
At-risk students are more likely to go to community colleges and open access public colleges. The easiest way to assure good completion rates is for colleges to admit students who are very unlikely to fail. This is the traditional approach but it does not hold up when we try to create equity in access and especially during this current economic crisis. Institutions that admit qualified students who have one or several risk factors can be expected to have lower completion rates than the schools who have students without the risk factors.
Obviously the completion rate will increase if students take a limited number of credits rather than the 90 or 100 that is required by some schools to qualify for a baccalaureate degree.
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