Statistics may build case for taking shorter, online certificate programmes
“With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them: Myths and Realities About Why So Many Students Fail to Finish College”, a Public Agenda report, has recently been released. Underwritten by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the study looks at all the reasons behind two important statistics. According to the U.S. Department of Education: 1.) only 20 percent of young adults who begin their higher education at two-year institutions graduate within three years, and 2.) in the case of four-year institutions, only four out of 10 students receive a degree within six years. (more…)