Price To Rise: College Reputation Or Do They Value Student Success?

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The Price to Rise : College Reputation over students well being
Do colleges value their own reputation or do they value student success? College tuition has been increasing over recent year and the amount of student debt has surpassed over one trillion dollars. College has become a resource to climb the socioeconomic ladder, but this was not the case years ago. Colleges have been around since the beginning of the country. They have gained recognition and success through the number of successful people they have produced. An institution success does not necessarily depend on their students well being. Despite the various programs a famed school may provide, it does not ensure a student's prosperity. The truth is colleges value their own reputation over student well being we see this through High tuition cost and the college ranking system.
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It is in colleges benefit to produce the most competitive students so that they gain higher standings. Students are offered many programs such as; distance learning, double major, honors program, and student design majors. For example in a New York times article titled “Who gets to graduate?” The author, explains how a professor at the University of Texas, was assign to improve graduation rate among low-income students. The institutional research team analyzed the performance of recent U.T students and from that analyzes they produce a tool they called the dash board. After running the data they found that 1,200 of the students had less than 40% chance of graduating on time. He assigned them one or more newly created or expanded intervention(Paul Tough 5). Despite the various programs there is still a low graduation rate and this affects the student not the