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Mary Fulton

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

www.aascu.org/...ompletion%20October%202011.pdf

completion initiatives

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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)
Mary Fulton

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

www.csus.edu/...R_Dollars_and_Sense.pdf

California college_degrees funding cost productivity policy

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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

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

californiawatch.org/...e-needed-college-degrees-13001

California college_degrees funding policy cost productivity

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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)
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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    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)
Mary Fulton

The Relevance of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders in the College Completion Agenda - 0 views

www.apiasf.org/...2011_CARE_Report.pdf

completion policy minorities completion_goal demographics

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    The Asian-American and Pacific Islander population is one of the fastest-growing groups, but is often overlooked in setting of higher education policy priorities, including college completion goals. (The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, October 2011)
Mary Fulton

The Road Ahead: A Look at Trends in the Educational Attainment of Community College Stu... - 0 views

www.aacc.nche.edu/...PB_RoadAhead.pdf

enrollment completion attainment community_college minorities

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    Reports that the rapid growth in the number of students earning credentials at community colleges over the last two decades has outpaced enrollment gains. The total number of degrees and certificates awarded increased by 127% between 1990 and 2010, while enrollment increased by 65%. Credentials earned by Hispanic students increased by 440% compared to enrollment growth of 226%. (AACC, October 2011)
Mary Fulton

Charting Pathways to Completion for Low-Income Community College Students - 1 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

Washington community_college remediation completion transfer certificates student_success adult_basic_education

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    Examines data from Washington State to chart the educational pathways of first-time community college students, with a focus on those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Looks at rates at which students enter a program of study or concentration, amount of remediation taken by students, and rates at which students earn certificates or associate degrees, or transfer to four-year institutions. The paper makes recommendations for practitioners and policymakers. (Community College Research Center, September, 2011)
Matt Smith

Task Force Report Outlines Recommendations for Reforming Nevada Community Colleges - 0 views

system.nevada.edu/...BOR-11.pdf

remediation funding online K-12 Nevada community_colleges task_force workforce completion

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  • Matt Smith on 09 Sep 11
     
    Task force report recommends sweeping changes to how community colleges are run. Proposed changes include revamping or tweaking online education, K-12 partnerships, remedial education, tuition pricing, the funding formula and the colleges' governing system, among others.
Bruce Vandal

Weekly Prompts From a Mentor - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...25future_WGU.html

advising coaching Western_Governor's persistence retention completion

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    Story on Western Governor's University coaching/mentoring program and its results in moving students toward completion.
Bruce Vandal

The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in... - 0 views

ed.stanford.edu/...bettinger_baker_030711.pdf

advising coaching retention completion persistence

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    Study by Eric Bettinger and Rachel Baker from Stanford University showing the impact of personalized, executive style coaching to increase college retention.
Mary Fulton

The High Cost of Low Graduation Rates: How Much Does Dropping Out of College Really Cost? - 0 views

www.air.org/..._of_Low_Graduation_Aug2011.pdf

completion income value_of_education revenues AIR data workforce f

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    Documents the size of potential earnings and tax revenues lost to federal and state governments associated with the large number of students who do not graduate from college. (American Institutes of Research, August 2011)
Mary Fulton

Driving Innovation from the Middle: Middle-Skill Jobs in the American South's Economy - 0 views

www.nationalskillscoalition.org/..._middleskillsbrief_2011-08.pdf

workforce workforce_development middle-skill-jobs innovation policy

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    Examines the percentage of middle-skill jobs -- those that require post-high school education and training, but less than a four-year degree -- available in the South. The report also looks at the percentage of job seekers meeting these qualifications. (National Skills Coalition, August 2011)
Mary Fulton

The College Payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime Earnings - 0 views

www9.georgetown.edu/...collegepayoff-complete.pdf

Carnevale value_of_education income workforce employment

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    Study examines updated data and confirms that the value of college degrees is increasing. The report also looks at earnings of different occupations and degree levels. Some occupations pay better than others, so less-educated workers can earn more than more-educated workers. (Tony Carnevale, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, August 2011)
Mary Fulton

Affordability and Transfer: Critical to Increasing Baccalaureate Degree Completion - 0 views

www.highereducation.org/...PolicyAlert_06-2011.pdf

completion transfer tuition affordability community_college enrollment data demographics

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    Describes the reality that too many college students -- especially at two-year institutions -- won't make it to graduation because of rising tuition costs and ineffective transfer policies. (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, June 2011)
Mary Fulton

Despite Faculty Opposition, CUNY Board Votes to Standardize Some Requirements and Strea... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...128070

New_York transfer

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    Describes new CUNY guidelines to improve and streamline transfers between two-year and four-year institutions. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 06/27/11)
Mary Fulton

The Undereducated American - 0 views

www9.georgetown.edu/...undereducatedamerican.pdf

attainment workforce_development Carnevale economic_development income

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    Report concludes that the U.S. will need an additional 20 million workers with at least some postsecondary education over the next 15 years to meet future economic requirements and to reduce income inequality. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, June 2011)
Matt Smith

Reverse-Transfer Programs Reward Students and Colleges Alike - 0 views

chronicle.com/...127942

community_college transfer transition data graduation completion

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  • Matt Smith on 21 Jun 11
     
    Article describes the efforts at two universities to create reverse transfer data systems. These systems would reward community colleges where students accumulate substantial amounts of credit but transfer prior to completing a degree. Once students complete the requirements of an associate degree at university, the community college will award the student a degree.
Bruce Vandal

Scaling Community College Interventions - 0 views

www.publicagenda.org/...CuttingEdge2.pdf

community_colleges

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    Report from Public Agenda on how to scale community college efforts
Bruce Vandal

Achieving the Dream - 0 views

www.achievingthedream.org

community_colleges data continuous_improvement

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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

www.completionbydesign.org/...our-approach-and-tools

Gates momentum_points preparation retention developmental_education

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  • Bruce Vandal on 15 Jun 11
     
    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
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