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Mary Fulton

A Guide to Major U.S. College Completion Initiatives - 0 views

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    Provides a summary of major, national college completion initiatives, including: sponsoring organization, origins, goals, accomplishments and participation by states or organizations. (AASCU, October 2011)
Bruce Vandal

Making Opportunity Affordable - 0 views

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    The Lumina Foundation for Education's Initiative to increase the productivity of postsecondary education by developing policies and strategies that result in higher college completion rates at lower costs to taxpayers, students and institutions.
Bruce Vandal

National Governors Association - Chair's Initiative 2010-2011 - Complete to Compete - 1 views

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    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
Bruce Vandal

Don Norris - Strategic Initiatives - Partners - 0 views

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    Bio for Don Norris of Strategic Initiatives. He is an expert on the use of technology in higher education, particularly action analytics
Bruce Vandal

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Closing the Gaps Initiative - 0 views

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    Texas web site dedicated to their closing the gaps college completion initiative
Mary Fulton

Completion by Design State Policy Profiles -- January 2012 - 0 views

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    Outlines recent policy changes in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas that relevant to the completion agenda, political environment, and governance to show progress in the Completion by Design initiative. (Jobs for the Future, January 2012)
Mary Fulton

A 'Disruptive' Look at Competency-Based Education - 0 views

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    Provides a primer on competency-based education in postsecondary education; introduces four elements of disruptive innovation theory and how they could apply to education initiatives; and offers recommendations for policymakers on how to facilitate disruptive innovation to transform higher education. (Center for American Progress, June 2012)
Bruce Vandal

Complete College America - 1 views

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    New initiative funded by Gates and Lumina to work at the state policy level to increase college completion rates.
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

Postsecondary Education - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 1 views

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    Gates Foundation Web site on its Postsecondary Success Initiative
Mary Fulton

The Mini-AGI - 0 views

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    A new $2 billion federal grant program for community and for-profit colleges is designed to help retrain trade-displaced workers and accomplish some of the goals proposed under the American Graduation Initiative to increase college completion rates. The program will impose strict accountability requirements and compel participants to make academic materials available to the public. (Inside Higher Ed, 01/21/11)
Bruce Vandal

Michigan Shifting Gears Policy Agenda - 0 views

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    Policy agenda for the Michigan Shifting Gears Initiative
Bruce Vandal

NWLB_Outcomes_Through_12-31-09_ - 0 views

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    Report on the results of the Michigan No Worker Left Behind Initiative
Bruce Vandal

NWLB_After_Three_Years_white_paper_FINAL_326168_7.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    White Paper on the progress of the No Worker Left Behind initiative in Michigan
Matt Smith

Funding Completion - 1 views

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    Details efforts spearheaded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; initiatives highlighted include the Completion Innovation Challenge, Completion by Design; refers to using funds more effectively, efficiently.
Matt Smith

The Role of Private Postsecondary Providers in Increasing College Participation - 0 views

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    Study details ways that private institutions can relieve some of the enrollment burden on California's public, postsecondary education systems. Eight recommendations challenge state legislators to initiate targeted incentive funding for high demand majors, increasing enrollment and participating in articulation agreements.
Bruce Vandal

Achieving the Dream - 0 views

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    Web site for the Achieving the Dream Initiative that is working with community colleges on how they can more effectively utilize data to drive institutional change.
Bruce Vandal

Our Approach and Tools | Completion by Design Assistance Team - 0 views

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    The Preventing Loss, Creating Momentum Framework that is the heart of the Completion By Design initiative that is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bruce Vandal

Community College Officials Pledge to Boost Graduation Rates - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Story documenting the Gates Foundation's commitment to improve remedial education in community colleges.
Bruce Vandal

Raising the Bar on College Completion | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 0 views

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    Melinda Gates' speech to the American Association of Community Colleges outlining Gates' Foundation strategy on developmental education.
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