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What sometimes happens when we don’t plan!
Answers to percentage quiz:
| 1. 70% of those who start a college degree do not finish within the 4-year time frame |
| 2. 47% of those who start a college degree do not finish at all |
| 3. one third (approximately 33%) of all college freshmen drop out during their freshman year |
| 4. at least 33% of those who do graduate from college end up underemployed, i.e. not working in a career related to their education |
| 5. at least 33% of entering college freshmen take remedial classes -- education that was free to them in high school |
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(Sources: Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates, by Kenneth C. Gray and Edwin L. Herr, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 1995, pp. 68 – 100. Copied and delivered electronically by permission; no further copying or distribution permitted without written permission of the Publisher. Also, Office of Education Research and Improvement and the American Council on Education.)
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