Freshman Dropout Rate Up at Citadel

More freshmen at The Citadel have quit this academic year than during all of last year, one of the highest dropout rates at the military academy in the past decade. “I wish I could put my finger on the reasons why,” interim President Clifton Poole said. Four women were among the 581 freshmen who enrolled in August, the first female cadets at the 153-year-old school. Since then, 113 cadets have dropped out, including two of the women, who said they were leaving because of sexual harassment and hazing.