But there is increasing momentum to formalize the process in the face of ballooning outrage over college costs and student debt — while N.Y.U. Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., which is a state school, has also been experimenting with three-year degree options. In addition, the university has trained advisers to help students create schedules that will get them to their three-year goal. Mr Roth estimated that about 20 Wesleyan students annually graduate in three years, up from roughly three a year before they made the option official. “When we speak to parents, they tend to be more excited about it than the students.”Indeed, many American students take six years to graduate from college.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2017 16:30 UTC