Fact 1 : " Less than one-third of students who start out at public colleges will graduate within six years."

Why are our students not completing school on- time & why are we not keeping track of them?  , it’s my second semester here at Georgia Gwinnett. I made a couple of friends last semester that did not continue to come back to school, due to different situations of course. My fellow English teacher, also mentioned to me that any piece of data regarding this quote is not as accurate as it seems...due to the way the U.S department of education requiring schools to report degree attainment by students who graduate from their institutions. Her statement can be better explained in the following article I researched,  https://www.cappex.com/articles/blog/government-publishes-graduation-rate-data

Some other opinions include: Other statistics vary due to just providing feedback from full- time and first-time students. Which leaves out a huge chunk out of those who were part-time and transfer students , the complex system of courses and options that these colleges provide it is hard for a student to stay on track and seem to be in a circle of different career moves. Meredith Kolender believes there is a big need in reconstructing the college programs. She says these schools lack an overall plan for students, instead just throwing so many courses on their laps.

“We call this the cafeteria college: There’s a lot of stuff there, but students end up with a lot of wheel-spinning.” Tom Bailey, Community College Research Center; I really like this quote because it describes our school system very well , due to so many choices and not enough concentration on one career pathway , students become overwhelmed and have a higher chance of discontinuing their education.

After viewing all the statistics and opinions from the public is clear to understand that even though the data isn't 100 percent accurate there is a huge number in students who do not graduate on time from when they begin. Of course, there are a billion of people in a billion different situations that contribute to this. I believe our education could be better if they really suited the students who need help the most in any way possible. From what I learned from researching this fact is that our data will always be improving into taking every student accountable for!

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