Causes Of College Dropout

The problem of the students who drop out of college is understood to be the complex economic, social, and pedagogical outcomes it introduces in the contemporary society. Researchers tend to interpret it as a negative phenomenon that costs a lot to the state, reflects the unsatisfactory level of education system efficiency, and, occasionally, involves the application of wrong teaching approach. According to Peter Crosta in an a article entitled “Characteristics of Early Community College Dropouts," “Over a five-year period, federal, state, and local authorities spent about $4 billion on community college students who began as first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students but did not return for a second year of school” (1). The age of students, their financial capabilities, low college success or academic preparedness is often claimed to be the causes of dropouts and, indeed, they often are. However, facing the similar set of challenges, some students do Ph.D. while others abandon college after the first year. This paper argues that the root cause of dropping out of college lies in the mental tension that students experience as a consequence of various stress factors. There is a need to rethink abandoning college, reject the mechanical, …show more content…
Students do not get adequate preparation that would ensure they expect challenges they will face in higher learning institutions. As much as there are numerous reasons for college dropouts, some of them not being genuine, it is important to prepare students for the college life. The challenge is that higher learning institutions are doing so little to prepare the students hence the presence of confusion. Students do not understand what is expected of them and in some instances they end up making poor decisions that lead to frustration, hence the decisions to opt out of the entire