Academic Degree Completion

Katherine Mangan explores in a Chronical of Higher Education article how a percentage of students come close to graduation and then drop out. According to a report issued by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, many of these students might be able to complete a degree if targeted effort was applied to help these students.

Comments on Mangan's article indicate that the plight of the "almost graduated" has been known for some time, but the focus of government funding on traditional students has kept the focus away from helping adult learners complete their degree. The school where I am employed has made adult students a priority, and the staff and faculty make every effort to help students complete their degree.

-DD