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
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)
Presents the next step taken by the Cross-State Data Work Group: a comparative analysis of a comprehensive set of intermediate milestones and final measures of success that practitioners and policymakers can use to rethink and remake their approaches to increasing student achievement.(Jobs for the Future, February 2012)
Governor McDonnell of Virginia proposes $50 million in new funding for higher education to increase access and affordability. The goal of the proposal is to increase the number of degrees in the state by 100,000.
Paper argues that stronger federal, state and institutional leadership is needed to reach college completion goals, and suggests actions steps for each level. (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education; the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability; and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, December 2010)