(from the NYT. click on image for story.)
Wow, one could not have seen this coming.
Irresistible informational addendum: From the story --
The government measures graduation rates as the percentage of first-time undergraduates who obtain a degree within six years. On average across all American universities, the rate is 55 percent... The official rates at some University of Phoenix campuses are extremely low — 6 percent at the Southern California campus, 4 percent among online students — and he acknowledged extraordinary attrition among younger students.
2 comments:
What percentage of U of P's student body is made up of first-time undergraduates, though? I have no idea, but I'd have guessed a very small number.
The model does seem pretty bad, though.
O.k., I agree with the snideness in general. But, I would imagine that most students at these types of places aren't full time either, so the completion rate is a *little* unfair. . .
-andrea
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