One reason college grad rates are too low?

Wow. Super cool inflammatory statement. However, in the long run it’s more in the colleges’ interests to have lots of graduates because they in turn beget new freshmen, and, if they had a good collegiate experience they turn into donors. Doesn’t sound like the Mankato paper is employing critical thinkers.

I am very familiar with 2-year public colleges, and at these institutions, at least, there is much more incentive to have bodies in the seats (enrollment count) than to make the investment necessary to help under-prepared, disadvantaged students graduate. The college has a financial incentive to get these students in the door (immediate reward). The possibility that these students might, someday, bring in other students or become donors isn’t that much of an incentive.