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ISU educator introduces online calculator for transferring credits | Ames News Online - 0 views

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transfer community_colleges CCPC

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Article on how Linda Hagedorn from Iowa State University has develop a way to calculate transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions

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Finance: A Reset for Higher Education - Almanac of Higher Education 2010 - 0 views

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Chronicle of Higher Education 2010 Almanac on higher education with emphasis on postsecondary finance.

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Quick Credentials Are Keys to Putting People Back to Work - Government - The Chronicle ... - 0 views

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Piece on forum sponsored by New America Foundation featuring Stan Jones and Jamie Merisotis on developed cohort based, workforce aligned certificate programs.

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Rebalancing the Mission: The Community College Completion Challenge - 0 views

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Report from AACC supporting the voluntary system of accountability that they are involved with by providing specific recommendations to increase college completion.

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A Look at 2-Year College Completions and Degree Holders « EMSI | Economic Mod... - 1 views

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associate_attainment completion for-profit

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Research on associate degree completions. Shows tremendous growth in AZ due to University of Phoenix

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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.

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The Education Optimists: Helping Ourselves - 0 views

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for-profit transfer California

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Blog post about recent agreement between Kaplan and California Community College System to provide access to courses through Kaplan with a guarantee of transfer to California Community Colleges.

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How To Build Bridge Programs That Fit Into a Career Pathway - 0 views

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Report evaluating the Carreras en Salud program in Chicago done by National Council of La Raza and the Instituto Del Progreso Latino

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Education Sector: Research and Reports: Ready to Assemble: Grading State Higher Educati... - 0 views

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Education Sector report on state higher education accountability systems.

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Degrees of Speed - Jamie P. Merisotis and Stan Jones - 0 views

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workforce_development completion block schedules cohort_programs

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

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Higher Education and Jobs - 1 views

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article in Forum Futures in 2009 from Anthony Carnevale discussing the need for better systems to align higher education and the workforce. Focuses on a data system to better track skill demands and training opportunities.

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A One-Year Associate Degree: Will It Improve Graduation Rates and Lower Costs? - Govern... - 1 views

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Story on Ivy Tech's Cohort based accelerated associate's degree program.

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City U. of New York Plans 'a Grand Experiment' - Community Colleges - The Chronicle of ... - 0 views

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

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Report done by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning on the use of Prior Learning Assessments to award degree credit.

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

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Virginia data remediation transfer

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Report from JFF on Virginia's state strategy to improve community colleges through Achieving The Dream.

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P/PV Resource Center | Policymakers | Publications | Publication Detail - 0 views

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Skills Summit Annie E Casey poverty workforce development sector strategies workforce education

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Bob Giloth's Blog - 0 views

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Resource workforce development poverty Annie E Casey Skills Summit

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Bob Giloth, who is responsible for workforce development at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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Center on Education and the Workforce - The demand for an increasingly skilled and educ... - 0 views

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Anthony Carnevale's work on demands for education in the economy.

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Turning Prior Learning Experiences into Credit - 0 views

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Story on Council for Adult and Experimental Learning on their development of an assessment for prior learning as a strategy to increase degree attainment.

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What should be on agenda for community college summit? - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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White House Summit completion accountability cost economic development workforce development

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Article on topics that could be discussed at White House Summit on Community Colleges

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