http://www.easternecho.com Eastern Michigan University is in the process of implementing four initiatives to improve student retention rates. With the current graduation rate at 39 percent, EMU is taking a new approach to get students to graduate from the institution. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:49:01 -0500 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/627 Maybe EMU could retain more students if the financial aid wasn’t so difficult. It is seemingly impossible to get aid if you are middle class, an average student, and under 24. No one wants to go into major debt just so they can graduate and work a job that will never pay enough to justify $30,000 in debt. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:49:01 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/627