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Old 09-24-2013, 11:02 PM
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Georgia State Improved Its Graduation Rate by 22 Points in 10 Years - Sophie Quinton - The Atlantic

It looks like Georgia State has made the news again due to its rising graduation rate among minorities.
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Old 09-25-2013, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Morningside, Atlanta, GA
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Georgia State Improved Its Graduation Rate by 22 Points in 10 Years - Sophie Quinton - The Atlantic

It looks like Georgia State has made the news again due to its rising graduation rate among minorities.
This is what education is all about: making the best out of the students that you have. The innovative secret was students tutoring other students as part of the work study program. Ivy League schools have been doing this since the 70s and Georgia State started in the 90s.
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Old 09-25-2013, 10:11 AM
 
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It may have had something to do with the fact that UGA and GATech and GCSU etc all got harder to get into. GSU has benefited in turn by attracting better students--and those more likely to graduate.
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Old 09-26-2013, 10:33 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA..don't go to GSU
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It may have had something to do with the fact that UGA and GATech and GCSU etc all got harder to get into. GSU has benefited in turn by attracting better students--and those more likely to graduate.
This is correct. Comparing from 10 years ago, GPC has improved dramatically. It's all relative to the rest of the state, nation, peer universities and frankly the planet. It's not good enough to be better than you were 10 years ago because the you ten years ago is irrelevant now. We're not living in 10 years ago.

GSU improved its graduation rate by 22 to a mere 57.77% which is just below the national average and far behind the average of UGA/Tech. GSU isn't technically in the same boat as those schools despite research university status.

List of colleges and universities in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They have a very long way to go. Note the graduation rate only accounts for first-time freshman so the argument that post-bacc students decrease the graduation rate is invalid.
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