The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

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The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

The University of Utah's Independent Student Voice

The Daily Utah Chronicle

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‘Unknowns’ Have Highest Graduation Rate

December 3, 2014

  While most college students who drop out are freshmen and sophomores, a number of juniors and seniors also leave before completing their degrees. Fifty-nine percent of college students in the...

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U Offers Incentives to Drop Back In

December 3, 2014

  While some students drop out of college, others are dropping back in. Some students who have left the U are finding the desire and motivation to return and complete their degree after spending...

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U’s Retention Rate Above National Average

December 3, 2014

  For Nathalia Padua, a freshman in nursing, dropping out of college after her first year was never an option. “If I wasn’t in college right now,” she said, “I don’t know, I’d probably...

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Living Life After Dropping Out

December 3, 2014

  Every year, high school seniors enter college as eager freshmen. For some, however, that eagerness does not last. Nearly half of undergraduate students drop out of college, according to a Harvard...

(Graphic by Devin Wakefield)

Stress Can Depress

September 25, 2014

College students are often overwhelmed by work or major life decisions, but that feeling can turn into something more serious. Depression is one of the top mental health conditions in the United States,...