A recent New York Times article speaks about the work of Complete College America, which has gathered data with the cooperation of 33 governors. It reports how many of the students in states completed their degrees, whether enrollment is full- or part-time, or at a two- or four-year institution.
"In Texas, for example, of every 100 students who enrolled in a public college, 79 started at a community college, and only 2 of them earned a two-year degree on time; even after four years, only 7 of them graduated. Of the 21 of those 100 who enrolled at a four-year college, 5 graduated on time; after eight years, only 13 had earned a degree."
The following link provides the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/education/27remediation.html
In New Jersey, overall graduation rates are among the lowest in the nation. According to data reported by NCHEMS, The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, of the 26,580 students beginning at a New Jersey community college in Fall 2006, only 4,456 had graduated by Summer 2009. This is a graduation rate of 16.8. To see NCHEMS national data, see the following link:
http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/index.php?submeasure=24&year=2009&level=nation&mode=data&state=0
How should Brookdale interpret and act upon these reports? Are there other indicators of success beyond graduation rates which should be examined and stressed? As we plan 5 years ahead to 2017 it is crucial to consider national expectations of what constitutes college student success.
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