{"id":2008422,"date":"2023-08-22T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-reduce-the-dropout-rate-in-college\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:09:12","slug":"how-to-reduce-the-dropout-rate-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-reduce-the-dropout-rate-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Decrease College Dropout Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-to-reduce-the-dropout-rate-in-college%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Commentary<\/h2>\n<p>Summer is almost over, and students are returning to school\u200c to acquire more knowledge and socialize \u2063with friends. However, Californians ought to be disappointed with \u200bthe quality of public education \u2064in \u200dthe state, \u200dbecause not \u2063too \u200bmany years ago it\u2064 was on a better footing. Articles in a number of \u200cmedia outlets have anguished over the college and high school \u2062dropout rates in our\u2062 public institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Only\u200c 84 percent\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-mayor-says-new-program-giving-50-savings-accounts-to-first-graders-is-about-racial-justice\/\" title=\"L.A. Mayor Says New Program Giving  Savings Accounts To First-Graders \u2018Is About Racial Justice\u2019\">students graduate high school<\/a> in California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ca.gov\/nr\/ne\/yr22\/yr22rel03.asp#:~:text=The%20statewide%20four%2Dyear%20cohort,It%20is%20now%2084.2%20percent.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Department\u2063 of Education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calstate.edu\/csu-system\/news\/Pages\/Four-Year-Graduation-Rate-for-First-Time-Students-Hits-Historic-High.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> to California State University (CSU), \u2062only 35 percent of first-year \u2063university students graduate with a bachelor&#8217;s degree within four years. By six years, 62 percent of those students have graduated.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/students-dropout-rates-highest-in-a-decade-productivity-commission-report-5315021\">Students&#8217; Dropout Rates Highest in a Decade: Productivity \u200dCommission\u200d Report<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">6\/6\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/the-great-dropout-why-1-4-million-children-left-public-schools-in-2020-and-where-they-went-4991654\">The Great \u200dDropout: Why 1.4 Million Children Left \u200bPublic Schools in 2020 and Where They Went<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">1\/18\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a recent Orange \u200cCounty \u200bRegister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2023\/07\/23\/report-shows-more-california-latinos-are-attending-college-but-fewer-are-graduating-compared-to-their-peers\/?clearUserState=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news\u2063 piece<\/a>, interviewees such \u200das Deborah Santiago of\u200d Exelencia in Education, and Jose Barrera from the California League of United Latin American\u200c Citizens \u200bwere concerned over the Hispanic dropout rates in college. Yet they failed to\u200d scrutinize the core reasons why this dropout rate exists by falling into the \u200c&#8221;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; trap. They \u200cseem to favor special treatment\u200c for minorities at the expense of motivated\u200b students who \u2062don\u2019t embrace \u2062an unearned entitlement mentality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Latino students were overall\u2062 more\u2063 likely to drop out of school \u2062when compared with their White\u200d peers,&#8221; according to the news outlet. &#8220;In California, just\u200c 22% of Latino adults age 25 \u200dand up \u200cearned an associate degree or higher, versus 56% of \u2063White, non-Hispanic adults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Are there any credible solutions to this education downturn? Many methods have been utilized to tackle this problem but with minimal\u2063 results. There likely are multiple reasons why students drop out \u200bof the educational process. \u2062Some students lose interest, or they opt to\u200d get\u200b a\u200c job, or they have a child when they \u2063are young,\u2062 and so on. Sometimes\u2064 an \u200coccupation pushes the education priority to the back-burner.<\/p>\n<p>In order to reduce the dropout rate at all levels, it\u2019s\u2062 important to start in the home. Education begins in the home, \u2062and its importance \u2062varies from family to family. Do the parents\u200d value education by providing\u2062 reading material in the home? Are\u200b they involved \u2063in the schools their children attend, and do \u200cthey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-tell-biden-admin-to-end-probe-of-school-parents\/\" title=\"GOP Leaders Tell Biden Admin To End Probe of School Parents\">attend school board meetings<\/a>? Do they read to their children and make sure they complete their homework? Do they monitor the progress of their youngsters?\u200b Are there accessible\u200d libraries in their communities?<\/p>\n<p>These are important questions\u2062 to ask regarding academic failure\u2063 or success in Grades K-12. Currently,\u2062 students who graduate from a charter, private, or religious school\u2063 have a much better chance of succeeding in\u200c university due to the quality of education they received. If they graduate\u2064 from\u200d a public school, they might have fifty-fifty odds that they will have the stamina to\u200d persevere all the way through to a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>The odds for public school\u2062 graduates would\u200c rise if the schools would implement\u200d rigorous \u200bstandards instead \u200dof surrendering to \u200cpendulum shifts and\u2063 flashy trends \u2063that dilute courses and disrupt the continuity of \u2063excellence. There has been a\u200d shift toward the excessive use of\u2062 technology \u2063in schools instead of good \u200dold-fashioned critical thinking, note taking, reading, research, and writing.<\/p>\n<p>So-called \u201cbig ideas\u201d in Math and Science have often replaced the well-constructed factual details\u200c that form equations and solutions. Math and Science\u200d demand\u200c tough calculations in order to \u2063work up to the larger picture.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, around <a href=\"https:\/\/whattobecome.com\/blog\/college-remediation-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30 percent<\/a> of students who enroll\u2064 in \u2063the\u2062 CSU system need remediation classes, and 80 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-reduce-the-dropout-rate-in-college\/\" title=\"Tips to Decrease College Dropout Rate\">community \u2064college students\u2062 require remediation<\/a>. \u200bThis is a stunning reality that renders the \u201cCareer and College Ready\u201d mantra\u2064 nearly meaningless. Indeed, not all students are cut out for the\u200d university route. Many students are better\u2062 suited \u2062for the armed forces\u2062 or noble trade careers,\u2063 yet they are pushed to pursue\u2064 the\u2062 college track. Perhaps this compounds the university dropout rates.<\/p>\n<p>If so\u200d many \u2063first-year students or Junior College transfer students\u2062 enter the CSU system unprepared,\u2064 how will they fare\u2063 when the courses \u200bget tougher, and they\u2063 have to juggle academics\u2063 and part-time jobs? Indeed, how will they cope with real-world val<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the declining quality of public education in California. With summer ending, students are heading back to school, hoping to gain knowledge and reconnect with friends. Yet, the state&#8217;s education system has left many disappointed, as it was once in a better state. Numerous media sources have expressed concern over this alarming trend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2302,"featured_media":2008423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}