When the number of credentials awarded by Utah’s technical colleges soared in recent years, the system appeared to be bucking a national trend that has college-completion activists worried.
The number of certificates issued by the eight-campus Utah College of Applied Technology jumped 43 percent from 2011 to 2014, to 34,600.
What makes the leap particularly impressive is that it occurred during a period for which both two- and four-year colleges are reporting another slip in graduation rates across all categories of students.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://chronicle.com/article/Cranking-Out-Credentials-/234228
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