Eighty-nine percent of first generation students--89 percent leave college without a degree after 6 years, a terrible waste of human talent, a terrible waste of the future potentially, and a terrible waste of dollars.
Sherrod Brown: “Eighty-nine percent of first generation students--89 percent leave college without a degree after 6 years, a terrible…”
On the recordJuly 26, 2011
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Discussing the high dropout rate of first-generation college students and its implications.
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