Learning Curve

Quiz: How the recession affected college completion

Marketplace Contributor Nov 19, 2014

More students enrolled in college for the first time in 2008 than ever before, but the completion rate for those students declined, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Its recent report tracks the postsecondary progress of students who entered college at the start of the recession.


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