Policy Blog: Veterans’ Education – The Legislative Role
Creating a Course to Completion Many postsecondary institutions have taken steps to make their campuses more...
read moreBoosting College Completion
Boosting College Completion for a New Economy is a two-year initiative of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) designed to move states from awareness of their college completion challenge to the development, implementation and evaluation of state strategies that increase college attainment rates.
Colorado Moves Ahead in Reforming Remediation to Increase Completion Rates
Colorado thrust itself into the forefront of developmental education reform with the passage of new legislation that embraces...
read morePolicy Blog: Workforce Alignment
What Is Workforce Alignment? Up until recently, workforce alignment was seen as a local effort to bridge the gap between...
read morePolicy Blog: Hedging Bets and Managing Risk
Legislators are Money Managers Each legislative session, policymakers choose from several promising strategies, with the...
read morePolicy Blog Series: Transferring Focus?
When states consider strategies to increase college attainment, do student transfer issues figure prominently? Are...
read moreCalifornia and Texas: Big States, Big Plans
Task forces at the California Community College System and the University of Texas at Austin issued reports that could...
read morePostsecondary Finance Webinar Resources
On January 25, I presented a webinar on how legislatures might leverage funding to reform postsecondary education and propel...
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