Accelerated programs help combat delayed graduation

While other universities push students to finish in three years, 67 percent of Temple students take six or more years to graduate.

While debate continues on whether America’s colleges should replace four-year degrees with three-year degrees, Temple is focused on getting students out in four years.

Currently, roughly 67 percent of Temple students take six years or more to graduate, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Peter Jones said.

While schools like Hartwick College in Oneonata, N.Y., are implementing three-year programs and emphasizing the financial benefits for students, Jones explained that he wants students to think of the money they could save by graduating in four years versus five or six.

Tuition for out-of-state students is roughly $40,000 over two years, Jones noted. A student taking six years to graduate loses out on a potential income for two years. That could be $100,000 lost by not graduating on time, Jones said.

To read the rest of this news article for The Temple News, click here. The above picture is of Peter Jones, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. While I did not take this picture, there is no credit on The Temple News' website.