Many students drop out of community college and four year programs because they can't handle "gatekeeper" courses such as basic developmental math and writing. In a recent survey conducted by Communty College of Philadelphia, 20% of students dropped out for academic and program availability issues.
In this interview on the EDUInsight.com project web site, I address this drop out problem and how it negatively impacts students and educational institutions.
You can check out this interview at http://www.eduinsight.com/archive/john_stuppy.php
John Stuppy, john@tutorvista.com
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Using Tutoring To Increase Student Persistence & Graduation Rates
Labels:
Drop-outs,
Graduation rate,
Math,
Persistence,
Student retention,
tutoring,
Writing
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