Dropout Rate In Community Colleges

Essay #2 There is an obvious significant dropout rate in both community colleges and universities. For years, there have been studies to not only detect why that is the case and what can prevent this outcome. Paul Tough mentions in the video that he narrated; which include Kathlen Ntude, Jeff Nelson, and David Laude. Who Finishes College, tells that about 40% of students that start at a four-year college graduate by the end of six years. Adding on community colleges, that is less than half of a graduation rate. That is the one of the worst graduation rates in the world. The first year or quarter college students will be more successful if they receive regular academic advising throughout their first year or college. It …show more content…
In her article, she acknowledges a community college located in Lake Jackson, Texas(Jacobs 1). The name of this college is titled Brazosport College; the reason why it is significant to this topic as a result of the school requires all first time, in college students to attend the class they have developed named Learning Frameworks (Jacobs 1) In the success class that Jacobs mentions, the student is taught study skills, ability to set goals, college writing, the skill to efficiently time manage, the intelligence to handle their stress level, and other related …show more content…
Intrusive Advising meaning the decision is made for you. In this article, he talks about the administrators at Zane State University, located in Zanesville, Ohio. At this university, they found a new way of making it so there was less of a dropout rate on the campus (Abdul-Alim 1). The administrators would send out an email or letter asking the student if he or she would come and meet with an advisor to help register them for classes (1). But if the student failed to respond the message the advisor would actually show up in his or her class, and ask them for a meeting (1). This is a passive aggressive way of keeping the students from dropping out of their class. Doing this, in a matter of just two years the university’s dropping rates decreased from 77 percent to 82 percent (Abdul-Alim 1). Another idea that Zane State University has adopted is alert system and intervention for at-risk students (Abdul-Alim 1). Using this program, the college monitors students grades and attendance rates. If a student stops going to class or if he or she is not doing well in the class and advisor will be notified and will try to meet with the said student. Meeting the student will hopefully create it so the student knows that he or she has access to tutoring and financial aid. Another item that the university has chosen