Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Calif. colleges

Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by harvey9 on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:27PM (#43918421)

Probably course completion rates and other metrics that make your service eligible for loans in the first place.

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by nine_k on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @02:03PM (#43918818)

If course completion rate becomes the metric that brings in money, it will quickly soar to 100% or maybe above. See: Goodhart's Law.

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @04:34PM (#43920294)

Well, that's kind of the whole idea behind college, isn't it...

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @09:22PM (#43922183)

It becomes meaningless when the professors are pressured to pass failing students to make the numbers look good.

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by Akronymus on Thursday May 08, 2025 @06:18AM (#43924791)

Like what happens with lower schools under the "no child left behind" doctrine?

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Re:Ghost students are creating an 'agonizing' problem for Ca... by harvey9 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @12:54PM (#43928196)

I was thinking of students who dropped out. It's a different fraud if the institution is claiming re-enrollments that never happened.

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