Do Economics affect Higher Education ?

    Colleges and universities have been reporting incorrect graduation statistics based on guidelines set by the Department of Education.The schools were only required to report on students that started as full-time Freshman and graduated in four years. A lot of students were not included in these statistics due to being part-time or transfer students and taking more than four years to graduate.

    The Department of Education changed the information that is required from schools, due to complaints that the information was reporting an incomplete picture of graduation rates. Both transfer and part-time students are included in the stats that are reported now. They also include data on Pell Grant recipients and students that graduate in six and eight years. The additional data that is included in the reporting now shows a more complete reading of graduation statistics.

    In my opinion, one of  the main reasons that lead to differences in graduation rates are economics. Students who are economically disadvantaged usually have to work and attend school at the same time. These students are more likely to have to apply for FAFSA and get Pell Grant and loans to be able to afford to go to college. They might have to begin school as a part-time student to balance the workload between school and work. These students might even have to take a break from school at some point, which lengthens the time until graduation. On the other hand students who are economically advantaged tend to have the means to pay for college, with no need for additional funding from other sources. They usually do not need a job, so they can devote their time to school. The economic status of students can effect many aspects of their college journey; how the student pays for college, if the students works a job, if the student enrolls full or part-time. Each student has their own set of circumstances and works out a plan to achieve their goal of graduation.



Federal Government Publishes More Complete Graduation Rate Data. (n.d.). Retrieved August 18, 2020, from https://www.cappex.com/articles/blog/government-publishes-graduation-rate-data

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  1. Julia SemAugust 28, 2020 at 1:12 PM

    Everything looks pretty good and makes sense to me. I like how you started with a fact from article and then you said your opinion about why graduation rate is low. We all can agree with the reasons you listed. There is only one thing that I didn't see is the title. As a reader I would like to see your title, so I know what are you talking about.

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