The Chronicle of Higher Education

Advocacy Group Criticizes Colleges for Permitting Too Many Students to Drop Out

By STEPHEN BURD

Washington

Colleges are allowing too many financially needy and minority students to fall through the cracks, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Education Trust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

The report, "A Matter of Degrees: Improving Graduation Rates in Four-Year...

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