During Friday's broadcast of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) spoke about the need to improve graduation rates at a handful of Alabama's public colleges and universities.
According to Orr, a new funding model for higher education institutions could be implemented to help bolster abysmal graduation rates.
"The plan, at least for me and my counterpart in the House, is to implement an outcome-based funding model for higher education," Orr told show host Dale Jackson.
"It's important that we challenge our schools of higher ed, colleges and universities, to produce more jobs that are workers for jobs that are here in Alabama or work on their retention and graduation rates," Orr continued. "We've got schools in the state that have a four-year graduation rate of less than 10%. So let's say out of 100 freshmen coming in August and four years later in May, graduating, you only got five."
To connect with the author of this story or to comment, email [email protected].
Don't miss out! Subscribe to our newsletter and get our top stories every day.
