Math problem? The Jan. 18 News & Record editorial, "Quantity vs. quality?" about "poor graduation rates across the UNC system" shows a bar graph with 22.7 percent of N.C. A&T students graduating in four years and 70.5 percent of UNC-CH students graduating in four years.
By my math, the four-year graduation rate at UNC-CH is more than three times higher than N.C. A&T's, and a 70.5 percent four-year graduation rate is certainly not poor. Some UNC-CH folks might understandably take exception to this generalization.
The curious message conveyed by a university regularly advertising itself in the News & Record Sunday funny papers doesn't add up, either.
Loie Priddy
High Point
Editor's note: The editorial stated that UNC-CH is an exception to the system's poor graduation rates.
Comments (3)
I always wondered why A&T advertised in the Sunday comic section.
Posted by Dan![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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January 25, 2007 6:39 AM
Using one dimensional statistics will get you in trouble.
UNC-CH is a spoiled University.
Its proximity to RTP and its extremely favorable sponsorship by corporate dollars, allows it to have the best budget in the whole system.
For example, did you know that of the 16 Schools in the UNC system, Chapel Hill as nearly 50% of the Information Technology Budget and nearly 50% of all IT workers for the whole system?
And why would A&T advertise in the Comics Sections? More 'eyeballs' hit the Comics Section than any other section of the paper.
It is simply the smartest place to advertise.
Posted by Bill Wood![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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January 25, 2007 7:06 AM
One more point;
Having the UNC - General Administration sitting on your Campus, in this case Chapel Hill's Campus, is bound to have a great advantage to obtaining attention.
Nothing beats the face to face interaction such a proximity brings.
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January 25, 2007 10:30 AM