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Matt Smith

NGA Report: Return on Investment--Strategies for Improving Remedial Education - 1 views

www.nga.org/...C2CBriefingPaperRemedialEd.pdf

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  • Matt Smith on 24 Jan 11
     
    Brief by Bruce Vandal for NGA; highlights approaches to improve productivity, student success in remedial education; also has college completion implications
Bruce Vandal

Degrees of Speed - Jamie P. Merisotis and Stan Jones - 1 views

www.washingtonmonthly.com/...1005.merisotis-jones.html

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    Piece from Jamie Merisotis of the Lumina Foundation and Stan Jones from Complete College America on creating and developing cohort based, time constrained degrees.
Bruce Vandal

Postsecondary Preparation and Remediation: Examining the Effect of the Early Assessment... - 1 views

www.csus.edu/...JPAMRR_Nov2009.pdf

EAP early_assessment

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    Research at Sacramento State University on the California State University Early Assessment Program (EAP). Research finds a positive impact of the program on college readiness for students entering Sacramento State University
Bruce Vandal

Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission - 1 views

laperc.org

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    The Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission's final report with recommendations on reforming the state's higher education system and increasing graduation rates to include admission standards, performance funding and developmental education reform.
Bruce Vandal

Executive Summary for Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study... - 1 views

208.96.227.106/get_article.php

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    Report done by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning on the use of Prior Learning Assessments to award degree credit.
Bruce Vandal

Altered State: How Virginia Community College System Has Used Achieving the Dream to Im... - 1 views

www.jff.org/...ATD_Altered_State_0.pdf

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    Report from JFF on Virginia's state strategy to improve community colleges through Achieving The Dream.
Bruce Vandal

National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- Encouraging Two-Year Degrees - 1 views

education.nationaljournal.com/...ncouraging-twoyear-degrees.php

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  • Bruce Vandal on 24 Jan 11
     
    Short piece from Jamie Merisotis on value of encouraging accelerated two-year programs.
Bruce Vandal

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

www.subnet.nga.org/1011

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  • Bruce Vandal on 01 Nov 10
     
    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

Complete College America - 1 views

www.completecollege.org

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  • Bruce Vandal on 29 Oct 10
     
    New initiative funded by Gates and Lumina to work at the state policy level to increase college completion rates.
Bruce Vandal

Postsecondary Education - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 1 views

www.gatesfoundation.org/...default.aspx

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  • Bruce Vandal on 01 Nov 10
     
    Gates Foundation Web site on its Postsecondary Success Initiative
Mary Fulton

Transfer and Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student Movement in Postsecondary ... - 0 views

www.studentclearinghouse.info/signature

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  • Mary Fulton on 15 Mar 12
     
    Analyzes students' transfer behaviors to better understand their postsecondary pathways. Among the study's findings: One third of all students transferred at least once within five years; the majority of transfers occurred in students' second year; part- and full-time students had similar transfer rates over five years; and over one quarter of all transfers crossed state lines. (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, February 2012)
Bruce Vandal

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

www.bloomberg.com/...-higher-ed-funding-reform.html

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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.
Mary Fulton

Degree Completion Beyond Institutional Borders:Responding to the New Reality of Mobile ... - 0 views

www.americanprogress.org/...completion_beyond_borders.html

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  • Mary Fulton on 08 May 12
     
    Describe four mechanisms that allow students to convert or exchange their college credits and prior learning assessment for academic credit. These include: articulation agreements; prior learning assessments; services to support transfer and prior learning; competency-based programs. Offers recommendations for policymakers.
Mary Fulton

Performance-Based Scholarships: Emerging Findings from a National Demonstration - 0 views

www.mdrc.org/...policybrief.pdf

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  • Mary Fulton on 13 Jun 12
     
    Summarizes preliminary results from performance-based scholarship programs in Ohio, New York, and New Mexico, in addition to the original results in Louisiana. The results show modest but positive effects on markers of academic progress, including increases in credits earned. (MDRC, May 2012)
Bruce Vandal

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

www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm

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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

Views: Ready for the Transfer Wave? - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...cutright

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  • Bruce Vandal on 04 Feb 11
     
    Story on how the significant increase in community college enrollments will inevitably result in a wave of transfers to four-year institutions. The commentary suggests that institutions aren't ready and that public policy makers will be concerned
Bruce Vandal

2009-10 Indicators Report - SREB - 0 views

publications.sreb.org/...DEIndicators10_Dec10.pdf

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  • Bruce Vandal on 02 Feb 11
     
    Annual report on key postsecondary indicators developed by SREB
Mary Fulton

Push For 4-Year Degrees in W.Va. - 0 views

www.theintelligencer.net/...r-4-Year-Degrees-In-W-Va-.html

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  • Mary Fulton on 31 Jan 11
     
    Presidents of West Virginia's 10 community colleges signed a "completion agreement" and promised to push for an additional 16,000 residents to have a degree or professional certification by 2015. (Wheeling Intelligencer, 01/28/11)
Bruce Vandal

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

www.nga.org/...1103DEGREESJOBS.PDF

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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.
Bruce Vandal

Tennessee colleges face cuts, new rules this year | The Tennessean | tennessean.com - 0 views

www.tennessean.com/...leges-face-cuts-new-rules-year

Tennessee CCA

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  • Bruce Vandal on 28 Jan 11
     
    Overview of higher education issues for the 2011 Tennessee legislature
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