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Post by purplehaze on Dec 4, 2020 15:30:21 GMT -5
I was just looking at the school's homepage and noted that the 'first year retention rate is 89 pct - I am sure I read in previous years that a few pct points higher was always the case. This measure is used in most college ranking criteria.
All this being said, I am sure this is a function of the pandemic and that many schools are experiencing the same thing. Are there other factors unique to HC that the administration should be concerned about ?
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Post by hchoops on Dec 4, 2020 15:46:30 GMT -5
Is that stat for this current school year ?
Wouldn’t it be too early to determine the retention rate for freshmen ?
If it is for current sophomores, the effects of the virus would be from March forward only.
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 4, 2020 16:42:53 GMT -5
It refers to this year's soph class I am sure - many of those families decided to defer their 2nd year given the lack of a 'college experience' and what the school was charging for remote learning
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 4, 2020 19:29:30 GMT -5
It refers to this year's soph class I am sure - many of those families decided to defer their 2nd year given the lack of a 'college experience' and what the school was charging for remote learning I think you answered your own question. Students who withdrew for a year are not enrolled; some apparently are taking courses at other schools, IIRC, HC allows up to two courses per semester to be taken elsewhere. |
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Post by Tom on Dec 4, 2020 20:35:47 GMT -5
I was just looking at the school's homepage and noted that the 'first year retention rate is 89 pct - I am sure I read in previous years that a few pct points higher was always the case. This measure is used in most college ranking criteria. All this being said, I am sure this is a function of the pandemic and that many schools are experiencing the same thing. Are there other factors unique to HC that the administration should be concerned about ? As stated above a lot of current sophs might have decided to take a COVID year off. If we're only talking about a few percentage points, another contributing factor is the fact that about a half a percent of that freshmen class were basketball players who transferred. |
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 4, 2020 21:18:33 GMT -5
I hope our field goal percentage didn't also go down when they left.
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