Comments on: Why Don’t More College Students Cross the Finish Line? http://educationnext.org/why-dont-more-college-students-cross-the-finish-line/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott http://educationnext.org/why-dont-more-college-students-cross-the-finish-line/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Scott Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:09:02 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49629205#comment-165 A likely reason for the more selective universities graduating students at a higher rate is that when a student is struggling the best schools (read: Ivys) immediately assign a tutor to that student. A more cynical person would also point out the rampant grade inflation at these schools. Honestly, have you ever met anyone from Harvard who graduated with less than about a 3.2? I haven't. Gotta keep those tuition revenues a-flowin'! A likely reason for the more selective universities graduating students at a higher rate is that when a student is struggling the best schools (read: Ivys) immediately assign a tutor to that student.

A more cynical person would also point out the rampant grade inflation at these schools. Honestly, have you ever met anyone from Harvard who graduated with less than about a 3.2? I haven’t. Gotta keep those tuition revenues a-flowin’!

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