<p>NotMamaRose: I think you are correct about Purchase. I was struck by the USWN data that suggests that only 48% of students eventually graduate from Purchase, but this is college-wide data, which includes a significant number of liberal arts students. I suspect that he graduation % is much higher for Theater students. I thought that I read somewhere on CC that there is not a ‘weird’ (I never know what is the best way to sematically treat this) cutting system at Purchase. I’ve decided to use the word ‘retention’ as a politically correct and ‘understanding’ alternative to ‘cutting’.</p>