Should Colleges Be Paid For Completion Rather Than Enrollment In Courses?
Many states pay colleges for initial student enrollment, credit hour, or after a few weeks in a course. For example, California community colleges are paid by the state after the third week of enrollment. What if colleges were paid only for students who completed courses? This would change the colleges incentives, and spur more student progress toward completion of their programs.
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-subisidized 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!