(MS) Legislators should take hard look at university admissions


MetroPhillyTiger

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An opinion piece but, IMO, it shows what happens when a state government is led by folks who don't care about educating their own citizens.

http://djournal.com/opinion/bill-crawford-legislators-take-hard-look-admissions/

The University of Southern Mississippi cut out-of-state tuition by 40 percent “to reverse a 2,000-student enrollment dip by pricing a USM education below some public universities in nearby states,” reported The Clarion-Ledger.

[T]he average percentage of out-of-state students attending Mississippi public universities is 30 percent. ...Alcorn State University 24 percent, Delta State University 17 percent, Jackson State University 23 percent, Mississippi State University 34 percent, Mississippi University for Women 15 percent, Mississippi Valley State University 23 percent, Ole Miss 41 percent and Southern Miss 21 percent.

Enrolling under-prepared students impacts graduation rates. IHL data shows the average six-year graduation rate for Mississippi public universities is 50 percent.
...Alcorn State 34 percent, Delta State 36 percent, Jackson State 39 percent, Mississippi State 61 percent, Mississippi University for Women 39 percent, Mississippi Valley State 26 percent, Ole Miss 59 percent and Southern Miss 45 percent.

The above information suggests our high schools are doing a poor job preparing students for university level work...and we’re having to hustle out-of-state students to keep our universities filled up.

Budget group: State not preparing students for college

University officials appear to want more money to keep doing what they’ve been doing without promising better results. Albert Einstein called doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results “insanity.”

Business leaders in Mississippi have suggested that raising university admission standards could eliminate the need for remediation, dramatically improve graduation rates and significantly reduce costs.

Gunn’s group also discussed the admission standards, reported Mississippi Today. The report said Boyce called them “one of the lowest” set of standards in the nation...

“We don’t want to cut that access off,” he said.

So which is more important — access or success?

Access to near-certain failure at universities might be worth cutting off, particularly when access to community colleges is a viable, more affordable alternative.
 
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