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Do you honestly want to argue 51% of the people in poverty can pass a college level Math or English class? As well as afford the time away from working to grada
by opendais 12y ago
Do you honestly want to argue 51% of the people in poverty can pass a college level Math or English class? As well as afford the time away from working to gradate?
I don't think that is true.
http://www.duck9.com/College-Student-Drop-Out-Rates.htm http://www.duck9.com/College-Student-Drop-Out-Rates.htm
Over 50% are from financial or academic disqualification reasons...
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=40 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=40
We are talking about 50-60% graduation rates in 6 years for the people colleges already accept.
I think poverty would make it hard enough that rate would drop significantly.
- kbenson 12y agoI'm arguing that very many of them have the potential to, and that it's outside factors (such as finances, motivations, and determination) that make the difference in a lot of cases. It's possible I misread the intent of your original comment and we aren't in disagreement on this.