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The Ohio Board of Regents is a nine-member advisory board to the chancellor. Responsibilities of the board include developing an annual report on the Condition of Higher Education in Ohio, and issuing an annual performance review of the chancellor.

This brief analyzes the costs of remedial education to institutions and students. The report addressed three key questions: What is the extent and magnitude of remedial course enrollment in Ohio? What are the consequences of remedial course needs, in term

Ohio is shifting remedial education to community colleges and soon will no longer fund these courses at most four-year institutions. The shift, along with efforts to ease credit transfers between institutions, are meant to save students money. Ohio also will be developing standards for college readiness. (Dayton Daily News, 10/09/11)

This analysis of data from the DEI Self-Assessment Tool covers policy changes between 2009 and 2010, the first year of the initiative. Includes summaries from Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Texas. (Jobs for the Future, October 2011)

Story on the Ohio Adult Basic Literacy and Education program that works with students who place at the lowest levels in academic readiness for higher education.

Examines three states -- Florida, Oregon, and Ohio - that have built powerful new data systems that track student progress after high school into the work force and college. (Chad Aldeman, Education Sector, January 2010)

The task force's final report identifies ways to strengthen the governance of Ohio's adult learning system; ensure that its structures, programs and funding are aligned with employers' workforce needs and learners' expectations; and improve the performance and productivity of Ohio's talent development system with instructional programs that capitalize on best practices, state-of-the-art technology and high-quality teaching. (Final Report of the Ohio Advisory Committee on the Transfer of Adult Career-Technical Programs, June 2008)

The Joyce Foundation initiative is designed to help the workforce in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin develop skills and credentials essential for twenty-first century jobs. These states are re-engineering adult education, workforce development and postsecondary education policies to support economic growth and expand job opportunities for low-skilled workers in the Midwest.

Shifting Gears web site funded by the Joyce Foundation. Initiative funded to help 6 midwestern states address how to increase worker skills and certificate and degree completion in postsecondary ed.

Framework for remedial education that includes references to funding, use of data, assessment and delivery.

Interview with Sinclair Community College president on their participation in Achieving the Dream and the efforts in developmental education.

Press release announcing Zane State's grant award as part of the Developmental Education Initiative

Describes what the DEI states have set out to do and why, the momentum they have developed, and next steps in their efforts to overcome obstacles to better results. (Michael Collins, Jobs for the Future, April 2011)