1. How President Bush Has Failed Higher Education
An accountability model that focuses on graduation rates does not take into account the many nuances of higher education that set it apart from K-12 education, most notably that higher education is not compulsory. The federal government has little say in holding public schools accountable. ... State schools serve a larger proportion of non-traditional students, many of whom attend part-time while working and thus do not finish in four years. If the federal government shifts its policy toward rewarding public universities for retention and graduation rates, these universities will be pressure...
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