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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
College Dropouts: Should We Care?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Only about a third of freshmen that enroll at Kennesaw State University finish within six years — far below the national and state averages, according to a story today by AJC reporter Aixa Pascual.
But the Board of Regents is no longer accepting such dismal graduation rates. Last year, the board doled out more than $2 million to Kennesaw, Georgia State University, University of West Georgia, Valdosta State University and Georgia Southern University to start what are essentially dropout prevention programs.
As part of that push, earlier this school year, KSU officials held a special ceremony for incoming students complete with professors, who donned caps and gowns and marched under a “Class of 2010” banner, to get students focused on the reason they’re there.
Was that a little over the top? Maybe. But what I really want to know is: Is it the role of a university to ensure that every student who enrolls has the help he or she needs to earn a degree or does the responsibility for finishing fall solely on the student?
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