Abstract
Institutions contribute to low college graduation rates by creating barriers. These are six common ones: degree requirements poorly described, not offering needed courses, unnecessary registration holds, inappropriate placement of transfer credits, financial aid policies that do not benefit the most needy students and not recommending students complete 30 hours a year. All of these barriers can be removed at little or no cost to the institution.
Highlights
This essay identifies six common institutional barriers to student completion and offers recommendations to remove them
College completion rates are distressingly low in the United States despite efforts by institutions and foundations to improve graduation rates
Almost every campus discussion of low college graduation rates focuses on students, rather than on institutions, and generally concludes that poor academic preparation (Bromberg & Theokas, 2016) is a major cause of the low rates
Summary
This essay identifies six common institutional barriers to student completion and offers recommendations to remove them. College completion rates are distressingly low in the United States despite efforts by institutions and foundations to improve graduation rates. There is no single factor, but most discussions have focused on students and their academic preparation while devoting little consideration to institutional issues.
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