Part-timers Less Likely to Succeed in College, Study Finds from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Chances of finishing a bachelor's degree on time at the same public college -- or even finishing it in eight years -- are better for those who start by age 19 and go full time than for those who are older or go part time. That's one of the conclusions of a new report by Complete College America -- a nonprofit backed by foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation for Education -- which collected figures on public college completion from 33 states."