“While I am pleased that the NCAA is focusing on graduation rates for athletes,” Riley continues, “this story needs to move from the sports page to the front page and people need to realize we have a crisis on our hands. This crisis has real implications for our standing as a world leader in higher education. If European nations, India and China can graduate students in a timely manner, surely we are up to the challenge as well.”
“Unless we improve our national performance in higher education, we risk the future of our nation and people,” Keating says. “When only 18 out of 100 entering ninth-graders complete a college education within six years of starting college, that adds up to a great loss of talent on an individual level and on a national level. Better accountability will open up new possibilities for our students and help to provide the skilled and knowledgeable workforce business needs for America to meet the demands of the world economy.”
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