Brief by Bruce Vandal for NGA; highlights approaches to improve productivity, student success in remedial education; also has college completion implications
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)
Web page for Governor Manchin's Initiative for the National Governors Association on challenging states to adopt common metrics for measuring college completion rates in their state