Posts published on October 5, 2010

Response To Paying Colleges For Course Completion Rather Than Enrollment

I’ve talked to serveral CC instructors who believe the state should not be responsible for subsidizing a student who drops a class or fails. Solution? Charge the student the non- state subisidized course cost  amount of the class if s/he drops or fails. Easier said than done, I’m sure, but the students really need to be held accountable here, more so than the institution!

Katherine Horton, Santa Rosa , Ca.

My comment: This response shows how complex these finance issues are . Other responses claim that colleges will lower their standards for passing a course if state aid is based on course completion. The current system is not working, so we need to figure something out to increase college completion.