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Maryland's college graduation rates may have peakedPublished 01/23/08
ANNAPOLIS - The graduation rate of students at Maryland's four-year colleges reached an historic high in 2006, but recent declines in the percentage of freshmen who returned for their second year could mean the positive trend is ending, a higher education official told lawmakers Tuesday.
Michael Keller, director of policy analysis and research for the Maryland Higher Education Commission, told the House Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development that the returning rate is at an 11-year low and has been in decline since 2001. "That will eventually have an effect on graduation rates," he said,...
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College Graduations - 2008-01-24 09:47:41
This is a direct result of the public school system dumming down classes in order to pass more students. The courts have dictated that more students must pass, but rather than improve the education, the unions have made the classes less challenging. This is NOT a case of getting what you pay for. The cost per student in Maryland is very high with little benefit.
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