Poll: Public blames grad rates on college students

The public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges, government officials and others, a new Associated Press-Stanford University poll shows. All sectors of American higher education received high marks for quality. That extends to for-profit colleges, despite recent criticism of dubious recruiting tactics, high student loan default rates and other problems at some schools. Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.