Notice anything about the following sentence?
We compare here the graduation rates at four-year colleges for the six years ending in 2008 with the rates for the six years ending in 2003.
This is showing the six year graduation rate for four year colleges. This now the standard for evaluation purposes. It’s not for financial aid or scholarship purposes, though. So what is Harvard’s four year rate? According to the CollegeResults.org website, it’s 87.8% in 2008. Now this is still a pretty good rate but it does place them at the 17th spot in rankings. I know, all those darn engineers taking extra time to graduate. Right.
Shouldn’t there be truth in advertising?
