claim: says the president of the university of texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.
author: matt mackowiak
evidence_1: the key to raising four-year graduation rates at the university of texas at austin  is ... that rate is higher than at any other public college or university in texas but  lower ... about 75 percent of university of texas at austin students graduate in  five ... and administrators,” said university of texas at austin president bill  powers, ...
evidence_2: mar 16, 2017 ... the path to college graduation is more uncertain than ever: nearly ... a four-year  institution in 2008, only 60 percent graduated within six years—by 2014. at public  institutions, the six-year graduation rate hovers around 58 ... today, 44 percent of  college and university students are 24 years of age or older.
evidence_3: mar 2, 2018 ... how two universities raised graduation rates. ... the university of texas had a  problem — its undergraduates liked ... today just 40 percent of college students  earn a degree in four years. ... gap will be wiped out,” said wayne state's  president, roy wilson, who was recruited in 2014 to clean up the mess.
evidence_4: jun 2, 2012 ... the overall four-year graduation rate is 31 percent for public colleges ... in texas,  the state pays an average of $7,563 annually per student, said texas state sen.  ... this year, the university of texas at austin announced a push to raise its ... ut  president bill powers said the goal is “ambitious but attainable.
evidence_5: sep 15, 2017 ... ut says due to a steep increase in the number of applications to ut, they ... high  school grads in texas increased by 14,000 during the same period. ... state law  requires ut to automatically admit 75 percent of first-year in-state students ... this  by dramatically improving four-year graduation rates, making it ...