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Mary Fulton

State Urged To Form Strategy To Produce Needed College Degrees - 0 views

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    A new report says California's public higher education segments are not on track to significantly boost the number of undergraduate degrees granted each year in order to turn around the state's economy. The report finds that the postsecondary systems need a more deliberate strategy for dividing state resources among themselves to produce the necessary degrees. (California Watch, 10/12/11)
Bruce Vandal

Degrees for What Jobs? Raising Expectations for Universities and Colleges in a Global E... - 0 views

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    Discusses how governors and policymakers in some states are demonstrating that state governments-through leadership, policy decisions and funding strategies-can help higher education institutions embrace the critical role they play in preparing a state's workforce for jobs that will enable the state to prosper in the new economy. (National Governors Association, March 2011)
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    Report from NGA on how higher education is aligned with the workforce. Features case studies of four states.
Bruce Vandal

Texas Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report - 0 views

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    Report in preparation for legislative session with recommendations for action. Report includes recommendations on developmental education.
Bruce Vandal

Final Report: Mississippi College Graduation Task Force - 0 views

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    The final report for the Mississippi College Graduation Task Force
Bruce Vandal

College Persistence and Completion Strategies: Opportunities for Scaling Up - 0 views

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    Report from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy outlining the challenges to increase college completion rates in states. The report calls for improved financial aid, better data, improved program evaluation and innovative strategies to serve at-risk populations.
Bruce Vandal

"Doomsday" report paints stark picture | EdNewsColorado - 0 views

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    Colorado Commission on Higher Education Report on the impact of further cuts in public funding for higher education in the state.
Mary Fulton

Dollars and Sense: Analysis of Spending and Revenue Patterns to Inform Fiscal Planning ... - 0 views

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    The report finds that the postsecondary systems need a more deliberate strategy for dividing precious state resources among themselves to produce the necessary college degrees. Report looks at Who attends? What We Spend, Who Pays, and What the Money Buys, and offers policy considerations for each question and three crucial questions for policy leaders. (Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, October 2011)
Mary Fulton

Performance-Based Funding: A Re-Emerging Strategy in Public Higher Education Financing - 0 views

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    Summarizes state models for performance-based funding, as well as reported results.The policy brief also summarizes recent and proposed state policies or plans. (AASCU, June 2011)
Bruce Vandal

Promoting a Culture of Student Success - 0 views

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    SREB report articulating strategies for how states can significantly increase college graduation rates. Features the Cal State Long Beach strategy for serving students with developmental education needs
Bruce Vandal

Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018 - 2 views

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    Report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce that provides a national and state-by-state analysis of job requirements through 2018 and the education level that will be required. He argues that without an effort to increase college completion, many of the jobs in the near future will go unfilled.
Bruce Vandal

News: Reframing College Completion - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Story on two new reports from the Center for American Progress that argues for a larger role for the federal government in college completion efforts. With many metro areas spanning two states, state policies often stand in the way of coordinated efforts. The other paper challenges the traditional credit as a model for measuring success. The paper proposes better assessments for prior learning
Bruce Vandal

Certificates Count: An Analysis | Complete College America - 0 views

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    Report from Complete College America documenting how states can take greater advantage of certificates to increase college completion. Includes data on state production of certificates.
Bruce Vandal

Finishing the First Lap: The Cost of First-Year Student Attrition in America's Four-Yea... - 0 views

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    Report from American Institutes of Research on the high cost of student attrition in higher education. Estimates that it costs states about $6.2 Billion annually in state appropriations, $1.4 Billion in student grants and another $1.5 Billion in federal grants when first year students don't persist to a second year of education.
Mary Fulton

New Measures, New Perspectives: Graduates' Time- and Credits-to-Degree in SREB States - 0 views

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    Introduces the latest SREB college completion measures, distinguishes them from graduation rate measures, and reports the first results on time-to-degree and credits-to-degree in the SREB region. The report also provides information on the characteristics of graduates, focusing primarily on their beginning status at the institutions from which they graduated. (SREB, November 2011)
Bruce Vandal

Altered State: How Virginia Community College System Has Used Achieving the Dream to Im... - 1 views

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    Report from JFF on Virginia's state strategy to improve community colleges through Achieving The Dream.
Bruce Vandal

Montana Making Opportunity Affordable Policy Audit - 0 views

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    Montana report for the Making Opportunity Affordable project. Addresses several issues to include remediation and developmental education participation.
Mary Fulton

Assessment of Opportunities and Models for Adults to Complete the Baccalaureate Degree ... - 0 views

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    Examines issues related to and makes recommendations to increase degree and credential attainment by Virginia's working-age adults (age 25-64), and to tailor programs to more effectively serve these non-traditional students. (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, April 2012). Also see Report Summary. http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/ALBookletFinal.pdf?from
Bruce Vandal

Educating Adult Workers: The Shifting Gears Approach to Systems Change - 0 views

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    Paper reporting on the strategies used to generate policy change in states participating in Joyce Foundation's Shifting Gears Initiative.
Bruce Vandal

Time to Completion: States and Systems Must Tackle the Time Dilemma | Jobs for the Future - 1 views

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    Report by Jobs for the Future on how to accelerate student completion to degrees. Authored by Nancy Hoffman.
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    Acceleration is a key strategy of Complete College America
Bruce Vandal

Local News | Graduation rates at state's colleges, universities on upswing | Seattle Ti... - 0 views

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    Story on report showing increases in college graduation rates in Washington state
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