College Drop Out Rates

NATIONAL DROPOUT RATES: BY INSTITUTION TYPE

Highest Degree Level/Control No. Mean %

The focus of this cause and effect analysis will be students who dropout from BA/BS public and private institutions. The dropout rate average for both types of BA/BS institutions is approximately one in three students. This analysis will now look at three primary reasons why students dropout of college: 1) alcohol/substance abuse; 2) pregnancy; and 3) economics/ethnicity. A conclusion will address some recommendations to help lower the number of students dropping out of college.

One of the greatest causes contributing to the student dropout rate is alcohol/substance abuse. Alcohol/substance abuse is rampant among today’s college students with an increasing number of fatalities re

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d significant cause contributing to the dropout rate is poverty/ethnicity. Poor minorities continue to have greater dropout rates than the white population. Poor minorities are challenged to remain in college by a variety of factors. From language and cultural barriers to academic success and a lack of finances, poor minorities students dropout of college in great numbers. Poor minority students often experience an environment of hostility and racism while in school. A number of death threats recently sent to black students at Penn State University demonstrate such challenges. Most minority students are poor students. This further complicates the challenges associated with ethnicity. According to Cantu, “70% of African Americans dropout of college”, while Davis contends that a child from a family that earns less than $25,000 yearly is only one-half as likely to finish college as a child from a family with a yearly income of $50,000 or higher” (6, PG1). EFFECTS The effects of alcohol/substance abuse on college students are staggering. From drinking and driving and destruction of property to academic problems and problems with law enforcement, college students who overindulge in alcohol/substances face a host of difficul
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