What happened to the two-year degree as a solution to the Great Recession?
Over on the NewsCut blog, MPR's Paul Tosto discusses an element that he finds disturbing in the 3-year graduation rate trends, as laid out in a report by Minnesota Compass.
He expected grad rates to be higher for the flood of students and laid-off workers seeking shelter from the Great Recession:
Many were dislocated by the recession and went back to school to retrain for new careers and vocations to help them deal with the new economy.
Earning that two-year degree was supposed to be the solution.
We agonize a lot in Minnesota about high school completion rates and that's important.
But we don't pay nearly enough attention to the kids -- and mid-career adults -- who make it into college only to never finish.
You can read his whole post here.
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