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Date Added: August 08, 2008 05:44:03 PM

Graduation rates are one of the main factors considered when determining the quality of universities, but they remain a work in progress for many higher education institutions. One criticism of the graduation-rate calculation in universities is that transfer students, who account for 20 percent of U.

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