Posts Tagged ‘college completion’
U.S. Dept of Ed: We’re Looking for a Few Good Ideas
by Monnica Chan
October 2, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education released a Request for Information on promising and practical strategies to increase postsecondary success.
The department invites submissions from institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, states, systems of higher education, adult education providers, researchers, and institutional faculty and staff, or consortia of these groups.
The aim is to collect strategies that could ...
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Remember Access? Dissed Concept Gets a Boost Amid Focus on Degree Completion
by John O. Harney
February 7, 2012
The term "Access" has acquired a bit of a Rodney Dangerfield complex since back in the day when I suggested: "If one word captures the range of compelling issues that the New England Board of Higher Education should focus its energy on at the start of the new century, the word is access."
The American Association ...
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DC Shuttle: Congress Looking at Obama’s Plans to Reward Colleges that Keep Down Costs
by The New England Council
February 6, 2012
Members on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) took advantage of a hearing Thursday on containing the cost of higher education to voice their thoughts on President Obama's plan to reward colleges who keep costs down with increased federal support. Several Republican members were concerned that the administration was effectively "picking ...
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College Board and NCSL Issue Strategies on Boosting Completion
by Monnica Chan
December 20, 2011
Policies to foster college completion in three New England states are cited in The College Completion Agenda 2011 Progress Report and State Policy Guide, new national reports published by the College Board and National Conference of State Legislatures.
The policy guide cites Connecticut Public Act 04-212 as a low-cost way to coordinate workforce training and professional ...
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Doing Good and Doing Well: Performance-Based Funding in Higher Ed
by David Mabe
March 31, 2011
The New England Board of Higher Education released a policy brief that encourages states to tie a portion of higher education appropriations to institutional outcomes. Currently, New England states tend to apportion institutional funding based on enrollment levels—a practice that rewards quantity, but not necessarily student success and degree attainment.
From President Obama to private foundations ...
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New England 2025: NEBHE Launches College-Completion Dashboards
by NEBHE Admin
March 1, 2011
NEBHE launched the first phase of its college-completion project, New England 2025.
Supported with a Lumina Foundation grant and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, NEBHE's Department of Policy and Research built a series of state-level "dashboards" and models that can examine college completion and various metrics with new levels of sophistication.
These models allow ...
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SREB Calls for 60% College Completion
by David Mabe
October 15, 2010
In line with the priorities set forth by the Obama administration and the Lumina Foundation, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) released a report outlining the goals and policy initiatives needed to propel the 16 Southern states to 60% postsecondary degree and certificate attainment by the year 2025.
In the preface to No Time to Waste, ...
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