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[quote=Anonymous]Back to what benefits the college or university.  Colleges want to extend the graduation date as far as possible because it brings in big bucks.  My liberal arts college is pushing the year abroad program hard.  Seventy-five percent of students attending there do a year abroad.  Why?  As my mentor professor who is still on campus says, "It's a win-win for us - the students aren't here but we still get to charge them full freight, so we actually  have five classes of students, instead of four, going at one time".  Meanwhile, Jr. is at the University of Tokyo on a budget deal worked out by my college.  When they return, they are behind, so need extra semesters to finish out their degrees.  My college has also gone to tripling up the kids in rooms.  Why?  The original rooms were large.  Rather than rebuilding, they are just stuffing three into a room now.  My college is now has a three year residency program.  (In my days, you moved off campus as quick as you could).  Why?  because the new president noticed that the college was losing way too much in lost room and boarding fees when students moved off campus.  It's all about cash flow in.

What hasn't been mentioned is that in the large universities, often new students cannot register for the necessary classes for their major.  If the courses are all taken by the time the freshmen select their courses, then, often a fifth or sixth year is needed to to work in the required courses that were unavailable when the students was a freshman or sophomore and got last choice.  This is very common in all large universities.[/quote]

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