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Winning the Future: IMPROVING EDUCATION FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY
Our nation cannot reach Goal 2025 without improving the educational outcomes of Latinos. Winning the Future: Improving Education for the Latino Community, from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, highlights promising strategies to boost Latino achievement. More »
Boosting productivity in US higher education
Many higher education institutions are employing strategies to attract more students, increase the proportion of them who complete a degree, and keep costs in line. With the right policy support and a focus on certain productivity strategies, other colleges and universities could do the same, suggests this article in
McKinsey Quarterly. More »
Buying College: What Consumers Need to Know
Buyer beware notices, encouraging comparison shopping, and increasing college consciousness are examples of how the federal government can help students make better choices about higher education options, says this report from the Center for American Progress.
State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies for Public Colleges and Universities 2010-2011
This report, from the State Higher Education Executive Officers, offers insight into the philosophies, policies, and procedures influencing decisions about college tuition, student fees, and financial aid.
Beyond Basic Skills: State Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an Employer-Valued Postsecondary Education
This report, from the Center for Law and Social Policy, calls on states to connect basic skills education with postsecondary education as way to meet needs of both lower-skilled individuals and the labor market. Among the strategies the report suggests: More »
Across the Great Divide: Perspectives of CEOs and College Presidents on America’s Higher Education and Skills Gap
Stagnant college-completion rates have an impact on students and the nation’s ability to compete. This report, from Civic Enterprises, examines perspectives of CEOs and college presidents regarding America’s higher education and skills gap. The report offers recommendations to move higher More »
Reality Check: Hispanic-Serving Institutions on the Texas Border Strategizing Financial Aid
Some institutions are making significant headway to improve persistence and degree completion for Latino students–and certain financial aid strategies play a major role in their success. This report, from Excelencia in Education, examines practices and programs at eight Texas Hispanic-Serving More »
Engaging Adjunct and Full-Time Faculty in Student Success Innovation
Engaging full- and part-time faculty members is key to boosting college-completion rates, according to this white paper from Public Agenda. Created In partnership with Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this report provides an outline of core principles and promising More »
Complete to Compete: Improving Postsecondary Attainment Among Adults
Providing more opportunities to help adults retool and reskill is essential to meeting future workforce demands. The use of cross-institutional data and the creation of flexible and integrated learning environments are two ways that states can improve their postsecondary credential More »
Community College Estimated Growth: Fall 2010
The number of students enrolling in community colleges in fall 2010 increased 3.2 percent from the previous year-a dramatic slowdown from recent increases of 11 percent between fall 2008 to fall 2009 and 17 percent between fall 2007 and fall More »
