I have posted before about the dropout rate at universities. I am now in the process of preparing a report on the literature on this question.
This has involved looking at the following book:
William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos & Michael S. McPherson, Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities (Princeton University Press, 2009). Cloth | 2009 | $27.95 / £19.95
392 pp.
You can watch an interview with William Bowen here:
The Past Speaks 