Three Ways to Improve College Retention Rates
64 percent of all students who entered a four-year Bachelor’s degree program in 2014 graduated in six years. (Source: nces.ed.gov and educationdata.org). While that’s an improvement from twenty years ago, it’s not a good sign we measure the success...
Cohort Default Rate Problems
A Major Problem for Students and Families In January 2022, the U.S. General Accountability Office wrote about significant problems that Federal Student Aid and Federal Servicers would face when repayment was set to resume in September 2022 there will be cohort default...
Cohort Default Rate Measurement in the New Environment
There are several immediate impacts of policy and other changes related to the Cohort Default Rate (CDR) measurement for colleges and universities. Right or wrong, CDR is key to institutional quality ratings. The higher the CDR, the lower the institutional quality....