One reason college grad rates are too low?
In discussing the problem of low college graduation rates, The Free Press of Mankato mentions a possible cause:
Because large lecture hall classes for freshmen are cheap, colleges can have a perverse incentive by having fewer upperclassmen.
It doesn't elaborate.
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