Why students drop out

According to the U.S. Department of Education, only 20% of students who begin their higher education at two-year institutions graduate within three years. At four year institutions, about 4 in 10 students receive a degree within 6 years. A new study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation examined why students drop out and suggests some practical changes to help young people achieve the dream of completing their college education. Here to talk about the report is Peter Kerwin of the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority.

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• Drop Out
• College
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[AnnoyingXboxer]

@Tirius9393 Yes, it is about what you learn. Employers do not care if you work your ass off.. They care if you can do your job and do your job right. You are stuck in the mindset that employers care about the piece of paper... They dont... they just use that piece of paper to filter out job applications... The paper means NOTHING anymore, its experience and knowledge that does.

[stina10593]

@Tirius9393 Just because you decide not to waste 4 years of your life for a degree that may or may not get you a job doesn't mean that you don't work your ass off. I know plenty of people who never went to college and have worked their butt off and are actually even more successful than people who did go to college. Honestly it all depends what works for you. For some people it makes sense for them to go to college and for others it doesn't.

[10JaminBen]

im doing a paper on why college drop rates have gone up! this vid is very imformative

[Tirius9393]

1. You have to want to go, so don't complain if you can't go because it's a privilege

2. It's not about what you learn, it's what you get in the end: a degree that shows employers that you had the will and determination to work your ass off for 4 years

[GTRrocker666]

I dropped out because I realized that college was more of a business than an institution that taught knowledge. I just felt like a cog in a giant machine that was created to bleed me dry of my hard earned money for a degree that won't land me a decent job after graduation. Sorry folks, this is the truth.

[celshader]

I dropped out of college and became a self taught web developer.

It was very hard at 1st but after a few years it got a lot better.

[TomPMelanson]

How about making degrees less full of bullshit? 2 years of those 4 years are spent taking classes most people took in highschool. There is no need for American citizens to waste their time and money on somehting they should already know.

[FaithfulAndTrue1]

97% of college drop outs want their kids to go to college? Where did you make these stats up from?

[Paulwhoisvegan]

@bader1 I'm the 165th viewer lol

[narutodemon90]

im 5