NC Central University officials say many of their students aren’t ready for college. Shouldn’t citizens expect the K-12 education system to be rigorous enough to prepare students for college, if college is the student’s chosen path? What’s happening here helps no one– least of all the student. The results are predictable.
From the Herald-Sun:
Since 2004, only 18 percent of NCCU students have graduated within four years; just more than a third did it in five years and only around half managed to graduate within six years.
Retention rates — the percentage of students who return each year — also have been low. “We’ve had some ups and downs, but the rate pretty much has stayed flat,” said Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Research Shawn Stewart. Around a quarter of each freshman class does not return for a second year of college.
