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(09-13-2022 09:14 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  

(09-12-2022 11:58 AM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(09-12-2022 11:06 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(09-12-2022 10:27 AM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(09-12-2022 10:05 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  Too many folks stepping on the seal, obviously

LOL the seal strike. In all seriousness though i hope someone from the admin is looking into those stats and the causes to fix them ASAP or at least address them for future.

All kidding aside, I'd be interested in seeing the breakdown that shows how many working adults we have as students. I know I worked myself through school at ODU and it added a year to my time. And it's a big part of why I appreciate what ODU is so much. The school offered me the flexibility with online and night classes so I could make it work and leave the school with a great degree to start a great career. I know I met a lot of folks in my time at ODU that were doing the same thing.

Interesting and a valid take on real life situation for most of the working adults. Based on how this 4 year graduation rates are calculated a significant amount of working adults can induce a rolling higher time periods into the graduation cycle and can skew the numbers bad. Hopefully that is the case and we are still doing fine with graduating students.

Count me in that stat maybe. Worked about 30 hours a week the entire time at odu. Graduated with plenty of experience and resume. Graduates in 98 from hs did tcc for 2 years then odu for 4.

That is great and bravo to have balanced them both at the same time. I am lucky enough to be partially funded by my Grandfather as well as from the tuition offset for my work as GA in one of the labs for 20 hours a week. Its definitely a burden to balance them both but can be done. I still ended up with debt but paid it off during the first couple of years of working. Going back to the point nothing wrong with admitting and helping the working individuals who are trying to better themselves and have every intention to wrap it up and get out of the school with a degree.