In the text American Higher Education, author Christopher Lucas comments on the criticism surrounding the “inability of American universities to graduate more than 50 percent of those admitted to pursue a degree.” This statistic reminded me of a common belief among my peers that colleges try to "weed students out" by trying to make them fail and/or drop out. Are the colleges really trying to do this, or is the low percentage of graduates the fault of the students themselves?
Georgia Tech alone has a multitude of free resources available to any students who are struggling in their classes. The Freshman Experience gives freshmen a leg up in their starting year with free tutoring in the basement of every dorm building. The Math Lab on campus has professors and TA’s in there four days a week to offer all students free help in math. Another amazing resource is the OMED study sessions and tutoring, available in many different subjects. These resources, which are just few of the ones that I know about, are clearly advertised around campus. At Georgia Tech, the argument that the school is trying to "weed students out" is completely defunct in the face of all the multiple resources it organizes to help its students succeed. And if Georgia Tech were looked upon as a typical American college, then nationwide, the high percentages of students not receiving their degrees is pretty hard to arguably blame on the academic institutions. As the old saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." In the end, whether or not a students gets his or her degree is completely up to him or her.
Georgia Tech alone has a multitude of free resources available to any students who are struggling in their classes. The Freshman Experience gives freshmen a leg up in their starting year with free tutoring in the basement of every dorm building. The Math Lab on campus has professors and TA’s in there four days a week to offer all students free help in math. Another amazing resource is the OMED study sessions and tutoring, available in many different subjects. These resources, which are just few of the ones that I know about, are clearly advertised around campus. At Georgia Tech, the argument that the school is trying to "weed students out" is completely defunct in the face of all the multiple resources it organizes to help its students succeed. And if Georgia Tech were looked upon as a typical American college, then nationwide, the high percentages of students not receiving their degrees is pretty hard to arguably blame on the academic institutions. As the old saying goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." In the end, whether or not a students gets his or her degree is completely up to him or her.
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