Pay the Coach Less and Hire More Professors?

<p>Eagle79, it is a misconception that MIT has a lot of dropouts. They <em>used to</em>, it’s true–but these days their graduation rate is quite high. 840/1042 graduated in four years; 963 in six years. (Many MIT students do simultaneous bachelor’s/master’s programs.)</p>

<p><a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research;

<p>Stanford has similar (very slightly better percentages) rates.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#enrollment[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/#enrollment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;