Summary Of The Dropout Rate Of Community College Is Problematic By Bob Rath

Bob Rath in his article “The Dropout Rate of Community College Is Problematic,” discusses exactly what its title says it does. The key focus of this entire article is about how dropout rates for community college students have risen within recent years and how it can affect our nation’s economy in the years to come. With less people in the workforce, businesses nationwide will be understaffed and as a result unable to make as much profit as it should. The author elaborates on this crisis when discussing problems that students face when during their time at college such as financial issues, students being unprepared for college-level courses, and possible remedial forms of education. Students often enrolled in community college face financial problems during college. It is stated that students and their families come from low income families and they
The article further stresses this point when it is explicitly stated that “many students are arriving at college without the academic foundation necessary to excel. Weak curricula, unclear standards, and a lack of alignment between high school and college coursework leaves students stranded in college without the academic foundation they need.” Without the students adequately prepared they can’t be expected to handle the workload colleges give to them right off the bat. This can cause students to fail in classes and force them to make them up once again, which in turn could make them pay even more money to the school. “The Dropout Rate of Community Colleges Is Problematic” then goes on to state that “The combination of outside obligations and inadequate academic preparation is often too much, causing students to drop out.” Some of the “outside obligations” as stated above would be the remedial courses the students will be forced to take if they remain enrolled in community