You are right, Keith. There were certain required classes that separated the race horses from the goats.
A. Leon Polhill FlaNative1845 330 NW 45th Street Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 367-4642 -----Original Message----- From: Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 5:23 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF gets kudos for top graduation rate WOW. How attitudes change with time. When I was at UF - UF was proud of the fact that they flunked out so many students. They were proud of the fact that only 1/3 of the students graduated and 2/3 of the students flunked out. Made them appear to be a better school. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF gets kudos for top graduation rate From: "Shane Ford" <goufgat...@bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, June 04, 2009 9:45 pm To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com (GatorNEWS) UF gets kudos for top graduation rate Contributed by Nathan Crabbe <http://chalkboard.gainesville.com/> - Gainesville SUN Posted: June 4, 2009 10:17:04 AM The University of Florida graduates more than 80 percent of its students within six years, the top rate in the state. A recent study <http://www.aei.org/docLib/Diplomas%20and%20Dropouts%20final.pdf> by the American Enterprise Institute ranks UF's graduation rate as second-best among highly competitive schools in the south. Another state school, New College of Florida, was rated second-worst in the same category for its 56 percent graduation rate. Some of the state's private universities fared even worse. Edwards Waters College, a historically black college in Jacksonville, ranked last in the state with a 9 percent graduation rate. The study comes as UF tries to improve its graduation rate even more. As I reported <http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090528/ARTICLES/905281023> last week, UF officials say ensuring students graduate in a timely manner opens spots for others as the university reduces its enrollment. -- Nathan Crabbe nathan.cra...@gvillesun.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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