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Tuesday, January 19, 1999
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United States ranks 23rd in worldwide graduation rates |
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According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States ranks 23rd worldwide in high school and college graduation rates. The OECD study is based on statistics submitted by each of the 31 member countries’ governments. In 1996, the United States ranked behind 22 other countries in high school graduation rates, ahead of only Mexico. About a decade ago, the United States ranked eighth on that list and topped the list in the ’40s and ’50s. The report also showed the United States as having one of the highest dropout rates of the participating nations for undergraduate programs, with 37 percent of U.S. students reportedly dropping out before graduating.
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California governor endorses controversial admissions approach |
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California’s new governor, Gray Davis, has enthusiastically endorsed a controversial proposal in the state to admit all students graduating in the top 4 percent of their respective high schools into a University of California System school. Supporters of the plan say it would make more students eligible because it would be based on individual high schools, including many where the top 4 percent of students are not in the top 11 percent statewide. The plan would help increase minority enrollments for the same reason. The university’s board of regents is set to vote on that proposal in March as part of a broader plan that calls for revising current admission standards. |
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--Matthew Winston
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