Article: Why do student fail

How many categories were two-year college faculty were divided into?

In the opinion of college faculty members who responded to the study, the first major area, and largest by far, for failure of students is __________.

Learning is one percent inspiration and ________ percent perspiration

Other faculty respondents said students are not aware of the ________ of their chosen discipline.

One of the respondents who blamed high schools or K–12 education stated that ____________ students are more prepared than two-year college students.

They have not been adequately prepared for post-secondary work and may lack ___________________ that interfere with their ability to achieve passing grades

It was difficult to separate these two criteria as both dealt with _________________________, rendering students not ready for college work.

While the second most-often offered root-cause factor for students’ failure is failure of the _____________________.

Participants also indicated that some students lack the __________ and/or the interest, and thus they fail to invest the effort, time, and energy needed to complete college work

Faculty who participated in this study ranked student-related factors _______ in causing students to fail classes or drop out of college.