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Mary Fulton

California Community Colleges Launch Task Force to Boost Completion Rates over Next Decade - 0 views

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California funding completion incentives community_college task_force remediation assessment

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  • Mary Fulton on 20 Jan 11
     
    California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott created a Student Success Task Force to develop a strategic blueprint to help community college students succeed. Task Force will examine student assessment, remedial instruction, access to financial aid and academic counseling, and funding models to incentivize completion rates.
Bruce Vandal

Texas budget plan would cut $1.7 billion from higher education | Schools | News from Fo... - 0 views

www.star-telegram.com/...-budget-plan-would-cut-17.html

Texas budget funding community_college

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  • Bruce Vandal on 20 Jan 11
     
    Proposal in TX would cut funding from higher education, close community college campuses.
Bruce Vandal

Brewer wants to cut community college funding by half : Douglas Dispatch, Arizona - 0 views

www.douglasdispatch.com/...doc4d360e685327e579746603.txt

budget funding Arizona community_college

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  • Bruce Vandal on 20 Jan 11
     
    Proposal from Governor Brewer of AZ to cut funding for higher education to include 1 billion from community colleges
Mary Fulton

Connecticut Lags in Growth Rate in Postsecondary Degrees - 0 views

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Connecticut attainment

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  • Mary Fulton on 25 Jan 11
     
    Connecticut ranks seventh in the nation in the percentage of students with postsecondary degrees, but the rate of growth is well behind many states. Connecticut's acceleration ranks 34th out of 50 states, according to figures based on an analysis of census data. (Hartford Courant, 01/19/11)
Mary Fulton

What Degrees Should Mean - 0 views

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student_learning student_outcomes competencies workforce_development

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  • Mary Fulton on 25 Jan 11
     
    To try to provide a shared understanding of what college degrees mean - but without turning that into a government or other mandate - the Lumina Foundation for Education is releasing a draft of its Degree Qualifications Profile. The profile is intended to establish what the recipients of associate, bachelor's and master's degrees should know and be able to do. (Inside Higher Ed, 01/25/11)
Bruce Vandal

Education Interests Sign MOU - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio - 0 views

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data West_Virginia

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  • Bruce Vandal on 07 Feb 11
     
    Story on how West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the Department of Education have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to create a longitudinal data system.
Bruce Vandal

Bunker Hill Community College Accelerates Student Completion Strategies -- BOSTON, Jan.... - 0 views

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Massachusetts community_college

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  • Bruce Vandal on 24 Jan 11
     
    Story on how Bunker Hill Community College held a summit to develop strategy to increase college completion
Bruce Vandal

ND bill seeks group for higher ed funding reform - Bloomberg - 0 views

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funding budget performance_funding North_Dakota

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  • Bruce Vandal on 10 Feb 11
     
    Story on a proposal to review the funding model for higher education in North Dakota.
Bruce Vandal

Group urges tying funding to retention rate - The Herald Dispatch - 0 views

www.herald-dispatch.com/...ying-funding-to-retention-rate

performance_funding West_Virginia Lumina

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  • Bruce Vandal on 26 Jan 11
     
    Story on proposals to fund higher education in West VA through a performance-based funding model.
Bruce Vandal

The College Board and the National Conference of State Legislatures Convenes Policy Lea... - 0 views

www.businesswire.com/...ce-State-Legislatures-Convenes

Maryland college_board

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  • Bruce Vandal on 24 Jan 11
     
    College Board session on college completion in Maryland
Mary Fulton

Adapting to Developmental Ed - 0 views

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technology delivery completion adaptive_technology

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  • Mary Fulton on 11 Mar 11
     
    Article discusses role education technology companies are playing in providing "adaptive" developmental courses. (Inside Higher Ed, 03/10/11)
Bruce Vandal

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

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workforce Minnesota North_carolina Ohio Washington

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  • Mary Fulton on 24 Mar 11
     
    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)
  • Bruce Vandal on 06 Apr 11
     
    Report from NGA on how higher education is aligned with the workforce. Features case studies of four states.
Matt Smith

Follow the F Grades - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/..._examines_high_failure_courses

retention remedial data course_redesign completion

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  • Matt Smith on 02 Jun 11
     
    Details how institutional research, data collection can lead to programmatic changes that promote student success. Collecting data on course failure rates allowed administration and faculty to look critically at the effectiveness of several instructional delivery formats and introduce academic policies that support student retention.
Mary Fulton

Redefining Community College Success - 0 views

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community_college accountability completion federal employment

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  • Mary Fulton on 07 Jun 11
     
    Discusses an Education Department committee's recommendations for overhauling the way the government measures the success of community colleges. Though there was general agreement on crafting completion measures, there was strong disagreement about whether the government should require community colleges to report their students' employment outcomes. (Inside Higher Ed, 06/06/11)
Bruce Vandal

What Does the State Get For Its University Buck? | The Pilot - 0 views

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ROI North_carolina

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  • Bruce Vandal on 20 Apr 11
     
    Story on the return on investment in higher education in North Carolina.
Mary Fulton

Graduation Rates To Play Bigger Role in College Funding - 0 views

www.ajc.com/...ion-rates-to-play-1197702.html

Georgia performance_funding

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  • Mary Fulton on 13 Oct 11
     
    Discusses Georgia and other state's efforts to reward schools doing the best job graduating students, and move away from funding colleges based solely on how many students they enroll. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/10/11)
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