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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Upon graduation, I started immediately after commencement at a small university in Kentucky as an admissions officer and completed my master’s in a relativity short amount of time while working. The most recent study dated 2017 shows the following: 30% of first-year students drop out before their second year of college.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

For example, after learning that students were concerned about affordability, Illinois Tech partnered with the local community college system, the City Colleges of Chicago, to create an innovative program. I would educate the students so that they could become engineers, architects, physicists, or part of the industrial society.”

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

The Change Leader, Inc.

He is known for his insights on data modeling in admissions, financial aid strategies, and non-academic criteria in admissions, contributing to several national publications and speaking at conferences. 00:18:14] Bill: And in this first year cohort, community colleges are flat. Public is down 6%. 00:18:13] Drumm: Wow. [00:18:14]