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Mary Fulton

Opening Doors to Student Success: A Synthesis of Findings from an Evaluation at Six Com... - 0 views

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

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  • Mary Fulton on 25 Mar 11
     
    Partnering with six community colleges, MDRC developed and evaluated four distinct programs based on the following approaches: financial incentives, reforms in instructional practices, and enhancements in student services. (MDRC, March 2011)
Mary Fulton

A Working Model for Student Success: The Tennessee Technology Centers - 0 views

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  • Mary Fulton on 23 Mar 11
     
    Describes the Tennessee Technology Centers - a statewide system of 27 institutions providing a wide range of rigorous, one to two year, technical/occupational education programs at consistently high completion and placement rates in high skill and relatively high wage employment.
Matt Smith

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

chepa.usc.edu/...Making_It_Happen.pdf

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  • Matt Smith on 23 Mar 11
     
    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.
Mary Fulton

UMass courting two-year transfers - 0 views

www.boston.com/...umass_expands_outreach_effort

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  • Mary Fulton on 23 Mar 11
     
    Describes a new effort by UMass - Amherst to recruit community college graduates to the state university's flagship campus. Starting this fall, UMass will offer students who transfer from community colleges with a minimum 2.5 grade-point average priority course registration and housing, scholarships to cover hefty student fees, and special advising services. (Boston Globe, 03/22/11)
Bruce Vandal

Virginia Community Colleges Re-Engineering Task Force Report - 0 views

rethink.vccs.edu/...eengineeringReport-Nov2010.pdf

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  • Bruce Vandal on 18 Mar 11
     
    New strategic direction for Virginia Community College System
Bruce Vandal

Kasich proposes budget including $4.5 billion for higher education - The Lantern - Campus - 1 views

www.thelantern.com/...for-higher-education-1.2107873

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  • Bruce Vandal on 15 Mar 11
     
    Story on Governor Kasich's budget proposal for higher education.
Mary Fulton

Adapting to Developmental Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...g_adaptive_learning_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)
Mary Fulton

Task Force Calls for Big Changes in Alaska Education System - 0 views

www.adn.com/...rce-calls-for-big-changes.html

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  • Mary Fulton on 11 Mar 11
     
    Article mentions a task force's recommendations that cover P-20 issues and include mandating a high school diploma or equivalency for everyone under age 21. The recommendations aim to better prepare students for success in college or careers. A final report is due to the legislature by April 1. (Anchorage Daily News, 03/10/11)
Bruce Vandal

Ohio Board of Regents College Completion Plan - 1 views

www.ohiocommunitycolleges.org/...e29a8dddc1ab8f2ad25519c89f.pdf

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  • Bruce Vandal on 09 Mar 11
     
    Powerpoint presentation outlining the Ohio college completion plan.
Mary Fulton

Michigan State Board - Education Improvement and Reform Priorities - Recommendations to... - 0 views

www.michigan.gov/...EEdReformItemA__2_344896_7.pdf

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  • Mary Fulton on 04 Mar 11
     
    Michigan education board approved recommendations to improve education results, including graduating high school students ready for college without the need for remediation, and graduating college students with the necessary skills for successful careers. Recommendations also mention need to increase number of residents with postsecondary credential or degree. (Michigan Board of Education, February 2011)
Mary Fulton

Oregon Senate Committee Approves Lofty Goal for Raising Population's Education Levels - 1 views

www.oregonlive.com/...n_senate_committee_approv.html

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  • Mary Fulton on 09 Feb 11
     
    Oregon's Senate education committee approved S.B. 253 that calls for seeing by 2025 that 40% of adult Oregonians have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, 40% an associate's degree or postsecondary credential and the remaining 20% at least a high school diploma. The bill would cement in law a state goal to dramatically raise the education levels of Oregonians. (Oregonian, 02/03/11)
Mary Fulton

Malloy Proposes a Shakeup in Higher Education - 0 views

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  • Mary Fulton on 04 Mar 11
     
    Governor Dannel P. Malloy outlined a plan to merge Connecticut's two largest higher education systems - the state university system and the community colleges - and the state's online college under a single governing board, a proposal that he says will save millions. He also is recommending that state funding to these institutions be based on graduation rates and other outcomes. (Connecticut Mirror, 02/09/11) See Governor's Plan http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?Q=473664&A=4010
Matt Smith

Funding Completion - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...d_even_in_tight_economic_times

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  • Matt Smith on 23 Feb 11
     
    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.
Mary Fulton

Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons from Research on High-Performanc... - 1 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

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  • this paper identifies eight practices common among high-performance organizations: leadership, focus on the customer, functional alignment, process improvement, use of measurement, employee involvement and professional development, and external linkages. Evidence suggests that these organizational practices have the greatest impact on performance when implemented in concert with one another.
  • Bruce Vandal on 20 Jan 11
     
    Paper from CCRC identifying the elements of highly effective community colleges.
  • Mary Fulton on 21 Feb 11
     
    Identifies eight practices common among high-performance organizations: leadership, focus on the customer, functional alignment, process improvement, use of measurement, employee involvement and professional development, and external linkages. Recommends steps for community colleges to increase completion rates. (Center for Community College Research, Working Paper No. 24, January 2011)
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.
Bruce Vandal

Popular But Unstable: Explaining Why State Performance Funding Systems in the United St... - 1 views

ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/Publication.asp

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  • Bruce Vandal on 08 Feb 11
     
    Paper on the history of performance based funding
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

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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)
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