CHART: The U.S. Has Made No Progress On College Graduation Rates In 30 Years

[kpete]

MORE:
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2012/04/03/457145/chart-the-us-has-made-no-progress-on-college-graduation-rates-in-30-years/

[Ezlivin]

1. So what? We invented the Beer Bong and Girls Gone Wild

What more do you want from college? Damn.

[kenny blankenship]

2. and did it while raising college costs 3 X faster than CPI

Rising by a factor of 10 since 1978:

Tuition has outstripped housing inflation and exploded even faster than the rise in health care costs.

[surrealAmerican]

3. I realize this is Think Progress' headline, not yours, but ...

... that chart shows nothing of the sort. It does not compare graduation rates over time, it compares percentages of graduates in various countries, for people of different ages.

[mike_c]

4. +1 I was just about to post the same response....

I think someone misinterpreted the graphic.