iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
Awhile back I looked up the graduation rate of a nearby community college (Indianapolis Ivy Tech) and was stunned to see the graduation rate only 16%. That excludes transfers. That is kids who attended there, and never finished there or anywhere else on record.
I thought wow..what a colossal failure and waste of taxpayer money as the school is overwhelmingly federally funded.
So today I started looking at other community colleges around the country. It is the same everywhere.
Chicago, the BEST grad rate is at Kennedy (25%) and the worst is...wait for it... Malcom X - 9%!!! Average enrollment at this worthless school is about 7,700. On average 3,500 flunk out every freaking year.
According to their own website 83% of the population is receiving financial aid, at an average per student of $5,563 annually.
So on average 6,391 students receive a total of $35,553,133 ANNUALLY. Of that, just over $32,000,000 is a complete waste as the student drops out.
And this is not, at all, uncommon.
Look up your own community colleges.
It is way, way, way past time to stop wasting $billions every semester sending kids to college that have almost no chance of succeeding.
Meanwhile there is a shortage of skilled labor, plumbers, carpenters, electricians all over the country.
I thought wow..what a colossal failure and waste of taxpayer money as the school is overwhelmingly federally funded.
So today I started looking at other community colleges around the country. It is the same everywhere.
Chicago, the BEST grad rate is at Kennedy (25%) and the worst is...wait for it... Malcom X - 9%!!! Average enrollment at this worthless school is about 7,700. On average 3,500 flunk out every freaking year.
According to their own website 83% of the population is receiving financial aid, at an average per student of $5,563 annually.
So on average 6,391 students receive a total of $35,553,133 ANNUALLY. Of that, just over $32,000,000 is a complete waste as the student drops out.
And this is not, at all, uncommon.
Look up your own community colleges.
It is way, way, way past time to stop wasting $billions every semester sending kids to college that have almost no chance of succeeding.
Meanwhile there is a shortage of skilled labor, plumbers, carpenters, electricians all over the country.