U's efforts to speed student graduation rates see success
From today's Star Tribune:
The push to get more University of Minnesota students to finish faster is working. Graduation rates show "consistent, steady improvement," U officials said Tuesday. Yet there's a ways to go to reach the goal. The U has made changes to entice students to move faster, such as giving them free classes after 13 credits per semester.
Here are the University's current undergraduate graduate rates, and the new goals it hopes to achieve by the time the class of 2012 graduates:
Current Undergraduate Graduation Rates
4 years 40.70%
5 years 57.90%
6 years 60.80%
New Graduation Rate Goals
4 years 60%
5 years 75%
6 years 80%