Over at
Pure Politics, Bob King argues forcefully for greater attention to college and university graduations rates:
Only 46.5% of students are graduating in six years or less from Kentucky’s public universities, according to the newest data as of 2009 provided by the Council on Postsecondary Education.
King used the figure 48%.
“We need to do a better job with our students,” said Council president Robert King on Wednesday’s edition of Pure Politics. “We have seen significant improvements over the last decade in terms of graduation rates, in terms of the numbers of credentials, certificates, associates degrees, bachelors and higher degrees that we are producing at our universities…. but the reality is we need to do better.”
As part of a new strategic approach to higher education in Kentucky, King said Kentucky’s schools will no longer follow the tradition of taking students’ tuition money and offering education in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion.
“We do care. If you’re going to do your part as a student, then we’re going to do everything in your power to help you finish,” King said.
The full video interview with Ryan Alessi is
here.
I support the efforts of Bob King 100% and am thankful for his leadership. I am pleased with his statement "As part of a new strategic approach to higher education in Kentucky, King said Kentucky’s schools will no longer follow the tradition of taking students’ tuition money and offering education in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion." ......
ReplyDeleteBUT it will be interesting to see how he is going to get the university professors to pony up to the bar on that one! Not to mention the inadequate and woefully non-customer friendly processes that students have to go through to transfer between colleges on the university campus, register for classes, and pay their bills? Oh, and add in the over-booked advisors who spend a total of 5 minutes with your child and often don't know the ins and outs of the processes themselves.
I have a nephew whose advisor "advised" him to take 12 credit hours that he didn't need for his engineering major, pushing back his graduation date by a semester. Talk about "taking your money"!
My parents were never involved in helping me to straighten out problems while I was in college, but every semester I find myself having to get involved to help either my child or another student I mentor navigate the incompetence of a situation at a university in the state of KY.
What has changed????