Graduation rates

[Leroy Lizard]

So how should we calculate them?

[AlbqSooner]

You are the math wizard. How the hell should I know?:D

[mehip]

Well, in Physics we'd begin by assuming a spherical athlete ........... (bring all of your Moe Dampeer jokes :) )



Or, how about we throw out people who leave early as first (possibly second) rounders. Seems fair, I've never seen it held against a school when companies lure away undergrads during hiring booms.

[diegosooner]

So how should we calculate them?.

Compare a ten year moving average to the grad rate of the general student body

[fadada1]

how about this:

anyone who receives their degree... is a GRADUATE.

[rawlingsHOH]

they use a 4-year average (4 classes at a time) and give them 6 years to graduate. so the "current" number are for the kids that entered school between 2000-2003. which is amazingly irrelevent in many cases.

transfers out count as no grad. transfers in don't count if they do grad.

[diegosooner]

transfers out count as no grad. transfers in don't count if they do grad.

I don't understand either of these. Doesn't seem to fairly reflect what is really happening.

[Leroy Lizard]

Well, in Physics we'd begin by assuming a spherical athlete ........... (bring all of your Moe Dampeer jokes :) )

Well, you can have numerous such athletes, but it's easier if one is far more massive than the others.

Again, bring your Moe Daimpeer jokes.