Maryland – Page 2 – Do It Yourself College Rankings

How Come No One is Talking About Pathetic College Graduation Rates?

02/28/202108/02/2016 by Michelle Kretzschmar

Collge graduates representing college graduation rates

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If college graduation rates were high school graduation rates, every politician, pundit, and policy wonk would be in the mainstream media talking about the crisis of college dropouts and devising ways to tie faculty evaluation to student graduation. Not that such an approach is necessarily the answer. After all, given the situation with high school graduation rates, I’m not sure that we would actually come up with any solutions but, boy, we sure would be talking about it.

50-50 Highlights: University of California-Santa Cruz, Lycoming College, and Salisbury University

07/26/201604/18/2013 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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University of California Santa Cruz 50-50 Colleges accept at least 50% of their applicants and have at least a 50% graduation rate. The 50-50 Highlights lists some of the distinctive features of selected institutions.

At the University of California-Santa Cruz all undergraduate students are affiliated with one the ten residential colleges. The University supports undergraduate research through a searchable Research Opportunities Database.

50-50 Highlights: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Northern Iowa, and University of Maryland Baltimore County

07/26/201604/04/2013 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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The Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Program in Culinary Arts includes degrees in Hospitality Management and Food and Nutrition Programs. Culinary Arts students can spend a year in Switzerland completing an externship program. The Center for Turning & Furniture Design’s CenterWorks provides students with hands-on experience by working on commissions as small business projects.

50-50 Highlights: Trinity University, Penn State Erie-Behrend College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

07/26/201612/06/2012 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Trinity University in Texas offers Languages Across the Curriculum where students can take classes in the humanities, social, and natural sciences taught in a foreign language.? Mexico, The Americas, and Spain is an interdisciplinary program that collaborates with the Monterrey Institute of Technology to train future leaders. The program includes first-year seminars, service learning trips, and stipends for students working at local non-profit organizations.