In 2015, the Senate committee that oversees education held a hearing on ways colleges could help students amass less debt. With postsecondary debt hovering at around $1.3 trillion, any little bit can help.
One of the suggestions from Senator Lamar Alexander, the chair of the committee, appeared counterintuitive: have students take on more coursework earlier in their college tenure. According to a record of the senators remarks, he said, Research shows that students with a full-time course load, meaning 15 credits per semester, who consistently enroll full-time are most likely to graduate. However, a 2013 survey of institutions showed, the majority of so-called full-time college students are not taking the credits nee…
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