FB: American Rivers Conference

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Student Loan Default Rates
   
Rate (%)   SCHOOL
0.9             Coe
1.0             Mt. Mercy
1.4             Dordt
1.5             Northwestern
1.7             Drake
1.8             Luther
1.9             ISU
1.9             U of IA
2.2             UNI
2.3             Wartburg
2.6             Simpson
2.7             Loras
2.8             Central
2.9             Maharishi
3.2             Buena Vista
3.2             Cornell
3.6             Graceland
3.6             Morningside
3.9             St. Ambrose
4.5             Grinnell
5.1             Waldorf
5.4             Grand View
5.4             Upper IA
5.6             Clarke
6.1             Briar Cliff
8.4             Dubuque
9.2             Wm. Penn
10.4           IA Wesleyan
13.4           Ashford
   
Source: American Institutes for Research   
http://collegemeasures.org/   

[Bird Dog]

Very interesting.  I thought the publics would be much higher and I am kind of surprised by Grinnell's.  Obviously they don't want to part with any of that $Billion endowment to help out.  Retention rates through graduation would be interesting too.

[Fannosaurus Rex]

I'm a little surprised by the Maharishi Institute.  Can't they revoke your mantra if you don't pay?

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	1st Year
	Retention	Graduation
School	Rate (%)	Rate (%)
Grinnell	93.0	86.5
Cornell	87.0	63.9
Drake	86.0	69.8
Luther	85.0	74.4
ISU	84.0	65.8
Iowa	83.0	65.9
UNI	83.0	65.9
Mt. Mercy	81.0	58.3
Cenral	80.0	71.6
Clarke	80.0	70.6
Coe	80.0	67.1
Simpson	79.0	67.1
Northwestern	76.0	61.5
St. Ambrose	76.0	61.4
Wartburg	76.0	67.3
Loras	74.0	63.3
Dordt	73.0	67.3
Buena Vista	72.0	53.8
Morningside	70.0	50.0
Dubuque	67.0	44.2
Grand View	67.0	38.7
Graceland	66.0	48.0
Briar Cliff	65.0	44.6
Waldorf	62.0	23.9
Upper Iowa	60.0	35.5
Wm. Penn	57.0	20.9
Iowa Wesleyan	51.0	22.6
Maharishi	45.0	41.3
Ashford	40.0	34.1

[coocooforcoekohawk]

I'm a little surprised by the Maharishi Institute.  Can't they revoke your mantra if you don't pay?

No, they just list you as a Karma Chameleon.

[Willie University]

The statistics are a little misleading.....accurate but misleading. The University of Dubuque (as an example) has had larger enrollment growth over the past 10-15 years out of most any college on that list. Along with that type of growth comes "growing pains"......as shown in the statistics.

However, things in those areas have been stabilized and are improving. But, what took years to do will also not be completely fixed overnight. But, if I was a betting man (which you all know I am), I would say if you were to look at those same statistics over the next 10 years, you would see steady increases in each category and rankings among the best in Iowa.

[Bird Dog]

The statistics are a little misleading.....accurate but misleading. The University of Dubuque (as an example) has had larger enrollment growth over the past 10-15 years out of most any college on that list. Along with that type of growth comes "growing pains"......as shown in the statistics.

However, things in those areas have been stabilized and are improving. But, what took years to do will also not be completely fixed overnight. But, if I was a betting man (which you all know I am), I would say if you were to look at those same statistics over the next 10 years, you would see steady increases in each category and rankings among the best in Iowa.

That's a safe bet everyone knows the end of the earth is in Dec. 2012.  If it doesn't lets all meet here on March 22, 2021 and see how U.D. did. 

[DBQ1965]

The statistics are a little misleading.....accurate but misleading. The University of Dubuque (as an example) has had larger enrollment growth over the past 10-15 years out of most any college on that list. Along with that type of growth comes "growing pains"......as shown in the statistics.

However, things in those areas have been stabilized and are improving. But, what took years to do will also not be completely fixed overnight. But, if I was a betting man (which you all know I am), I would say if you were to look at those same statistics over the next 10 years, you would see steady increases in each category and rankings among the best in Iowa.

That's a safe bet everyone knows the end of the earth is in Dec. 2012.  If it doesn't lets all meet here on March 22, 2021 and see how U.D. did. 

I get your humor ... however ... having studied Mayan culture and spirituality, including the Mayan calendar, December of 2012 simply brings the transition from one era to another ... the beginning of a new age.  All the talk about the "end of the world" is akin to all the fuss about Y2K ... remember that?  Still ... on March 22, 2021, I will be in my 79th year ... and would love to make that gathering.

[doolittledog]

So after reading what Bird Dog had to say I was ready to go off my diet, start enjoying more alcohol, quit my job, and make it to as many football games as I could each weekend next fall...you know, with the end of the world coming and all.

Then, after reading the comments from '65,  with him being a man of the cloth and a general all around scholar and all, I am inclined to stay on this miserable diet, keep drinking in moderation, stay on the job, get plenty of honey do's done around the house and yard, and still make it to 3-4 football games next year and watch the rest on TV/computer.

I'm anxious to make it to this get together on March 22, 2021...will we meet at the Dog House?...will '65 have kept to his promise to not travel to Mexico during football and basketball seasons?...with all of us in our advancing years will we even remember why we were getting together in the first place???

[DBQ1965]

So after reading what Bird Dog had to say I was ready to go off my diet, start enjoying more alcohol, quit my job, and make it to as many football games as I could each weekend next fall...you know, with the end of the world coming and all.

Then, after reading the comments from '65,  with him being a man of the cloth and a general all around scholar and all, I am inclined to stay on this miserable diet, keep drinking in moderation, stay on the job, get plenty of honey do's done around the house and yard, and still make it to 3-4 football games next year and watch the rest on TV/computer.

I'm anxious to make it to this get together on March 22, 2021...will we meet at the Dog House?...will '65 have kept to his promise to not travel to Mexico during football and basketball seasons?...with all of us in our advancing years will we even remember why we were getting together in the first place???

Actually, I will miss two weeks of football in September when we go to China.  And Mexico is so nice in January and February that I won't make any promises there.  At some point, the Spartans will have to learn to win without my karma.

[AZDutchman]

One-Legged Arizona State Wrestler Wins NCAA Title!

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/sports/1-legged-wrestler-wins-national-championship-ncx-03202011

[NewKnightDad]

I really need UConn to win this game.

[doolittledog]

Florida was my last shot at trying to salvage anything out of this tourney 

[NewKnightDad]

One more win by UCONN, Do they have it in them?

[doolittledog]

Cornell released their 2011 schedule...

http://www.cornellrams.com/schedule/9/5.php

09/03 1:00PM  @  Olivet College Olivet, Mich.
09/10 vs.  Macalester College Mount Vernon
09/17  BYE
09/24 1:00PM  @  Buena Vista Storm Lake
10/01 1:00PM  vs.  Wartburg College Mount Vernon
10/08 1:00PM  @  Simpson College Indianola
10/15 2:00PM  vs.  Univ. of Dubuque Mount Vernon - Homecoming
10/22 1:00PM  @  Central College Pella
10/29 1:00PM  vs.  Loras College Mount Vernon
11/05 1:00PM  vs.  Luther College Mount Vernon
11/12 12:00PM  @  Coe College Cedar Rapids