Resources and Readings

Supplemental Reading

Lumina Foundation: Goal 2025 Strategic Plan

A primer on the Lumina Foundation's plan to increase the population of America's degree holders to 65% by the year 2025.

National Governor's Association: Common College Completion Metrics

A list of common college completion elements that outline a coherent plan to assess outcome and progress metrics.

Center for Education and the Workforce: Job Requirements through 2018

New and important data on the skills required by those entering into the workforce and the shifting demands on human capital.

Complete College America: Essential Steps for States

Complete College America’s Essential Steps explain how states can implement systemic reforms and innovative policies to significantly increase college completion.

OECD: Doing More with Less

A global focus that considers both responses for enhanced productivity given the lingering nature of the economic crisis and the longer-term goals of post education.

New England Public Policy Center: Mismatch in the Labor Market

Mismatches in New England's Labor Market and the significant need for mid-skill labor will require significantly more new degrees in the years to come.

New England Journal of Higher Education: The Future of the Skilled Labor Force & New England’s Supply of Recent College Graduates

NEPPC Senior Economist Alicia Sasser Modestino explores the human capital of New England and its future related to the number of readily-trained college graduates and New England's working-age population.