Skingraft Posted June 25, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 743 Content Count: 13,357 Reputation: 2,482 Days Won: 63 Joined: 12/11/2006 Share Posted June 25, 2012 how much of these numbers include veterans? I could not graduate in 4 years.. Uncle Sam said so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted June 25, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Engineering is 126 credits. Department graduation plan is 15 credit hours nearly every semester and 1 summer of 9 credit hours. This will have a student graduating in 4 years. If you were to take 12 credits per semester and 1 summer it would take 5 years to graduate. 9 credits per semester and two summers of class would take 6 years. Based on that, the statistics indicate that 50% of the students are taking on average 9 credit hours or less per semester and/or not taking classes in the summer. That's pretty terrible, the students should be capable of at least 12 if not working. This is why I am a fan encouraging the 15 credit hours per semester. If somebody's working full-time and taking classes at night, most can't take even 9 credits/ semester, much less 12 or 15. 6 is a more likely average. This whole 6-year rate is something dreamed up by traditional, rural, campus-based schools to protect their image and their power against modern, urban, commuter schools. How long it takes someone is nowhere near as important as what they learn and the benefit they get from graduating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gismo Posted June 25, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 417 Content Count: 9,688 Reputation: 1,237 Days Won: 8 Joined: 09/24/2009 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Completely understand if someone is working full time and taking night classes, but do you think that is 50% of the students? I don't. My guess would be less than a quarter. Of course we will have a lower 4 and 6 year graduation rate than a college town university.college towns lack the industry and working demographic that would attend night classes for a career advancing degree. Being a city, yes we have a lot more people who may be working full time, mid career, and are taking night classes. It's not a fair expectation to have graduation rates as high as college town universities but it will always be used against us and I think we can do better than a 50% 6 year graduation rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted June 25, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Completely understand if someone is working full time and taking night classes, but do you think that is 50% of the students? I don't. My guess would be less than a quarter. Of course we will have a lower 4 and 6 year graduation rate than a college town university.college towns lack the industry and working demographic that would attend night classes for a career advancing degree. Being a city, yes we have a lot more people who may be working full time, mid career, and are taking night classes. It's not a fair expectation to have graduation rates as high as college town universities but it will always be used against us and I think we can do better than a 50% 6 year graduation rate. Better yet, let's just report the statistics separately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiltznucs Posted June 25, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 7 Content Count: 60 Reputation: 11 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/06/2011 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I'm by no means an authority, but as a current Grad student I hear a number of students complain that some courses are only offered infrequently. I can't help but wonder if this is a valid complaint and what if any impact this has on the graduation rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
&rew Bull Posted June 26, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 91 Content Count: 1,716 Reputation: 272 Days Won: 9 Joined: 12/19/2010 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I'm by no means an authority, but as a current Grad student I hear a number of students complain that some courses are only offered infrequently. I can't help but wonder if this is a valid complaint and what if any impact this has on the graduation rate. That definitely plays a part in it. You can't have classes every semester if you can't afford them. However, at worst, the required classes are offered once a year. Its usually certain electives that are offered once every other year. I missed a couple awesome classes in Computer Science because of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great 8 Posted June 27, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 69 Content Count: 3,802 Reputation: 372 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/21/2009 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) Students are lazy. The upper end finish on time, the lower end don't. We have too many of the latter. Or did, it's improving I think. (I didn't read the article) My engineering undergrad pushed 140 credits. I finished it in 3.5 years. I finished my Masters in another 1.5 years. I finished in this time because of life constraints/demands. If I didn't have them I'd probably have stretched it out as well. And, yes, this meant often taking 15+ credit hours every semester and summer classes every single year. Edited June 27, 2012 by The Great 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbsak Posted July 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 85 Content Count: 2,019 Reputation: 303 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/22/2011 Share Posted July 3, 2012 http://www2.tbo.com/...ates-ar-418613/ The article mentions only about 1/3rd of students graduate in 4 years and only 1/2 graduate in 6 years! Not sure what stat is worse lol. Curious your guys thoughts and why it's that low. More importantly what can they do about it... Raise admission requirements. Don't let so many people in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charsibb Posted July 3, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 653 Content Count: 31,049 Reputation: 2,487 Days Won: 172 Joined: 08/30/2011 Share Posted July 3, 2012 http://www2.tbo.com/...ates-ar-418613/ The article mentions only about 1/3rd of students graduate in 4 years and only 1/2 graduate in 6 years! Not sure what stat is worse lol. Curious your guys thoughts and why it's that low. More importantly what can they do about it... Raise admission requirements. Don't let so many people in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherapyBull Posted July 11, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 38 Content Count: 197 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/2011 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Better screening of applicants and ultimately less admitted students at both levels. Entering freshman and community college transfers. It's just to convenient to be a part time student when the campus is located in an urban setting where most people grew up. There simply is no need to get in and get out when your parents, friends and family are all here. Most of our students fall into this category. Taking 12 credits during spring and fall and 6 over the summer is very reasonable. Time to grow up, adults dont have summer vacations from obligations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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