College Students Seek Elusive Key to Success

New Data On Successful Learning

College is challenging. A Harvard Study in 2011 revealed that only 56% of private college students finished a four year degree in six years. Among 18 countries tracked by the OECD, the United States finished last – 46 percent – of students finishing college. That puts us behind former Soviet-bloc states such as Slovakia (63 percent) and Poland (61 percent).

Why are so many students bailing ...