Covering the business of education and training

"Once a student is in the program, the student must perform, that is keep up or be dropped".
Do you have any evidence for this, other than hearsay? My understanding is that studies of this indicate quite the opposite.

I think the pressure is quite the opposite actually. If it is so easy to get in, then a majority of students can insist that the standards be set to meet their needs. As an ongoing concern, the fopro must meet those needs (i.e., demands). If the institution's standards are higher (let's say actually at the level required by employers) customers (students) will complain quite loudly, and I think rightly, that the business has played a bait and switch game, pulling them in and then not allowing them to finish on their terms.

I've been in too many of these situations to see how it can go any other way. Entry standards can be high and exit standards low (as in Japan and to some extent Taiwan) or high, but low entry standards cannot then lead to high exit standards, most especially for a business concern that must respond to customers' expectations.