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Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Estimates the state's shortage in highly educated workers in 2025 and outlines ways to raise college attendance rates, transfer rates from community colleges, and graduation rates from four-year institutions to help close the gap. Discusses policy issues.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Calls for policies to raise college completion rates and the portions of high school graduates eligible for state schools and of transfer students receiving bachelor's degrees. Explores issues of equity, funding, college-readiness, and remedial programs.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy
Outlines the need to improve the K-12 and higher education systems to close the projected skills gap in the labor force. Recommends reducing high school dropout rates and increasing community college transfer rates and graduation rates at state colleges.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy;Employment and Labor
Examines the role of community colleges in enhancing upward mobility. Compares family incomes of community college and four-year college students and incomes by degree attained. Recommends ways to help more students obtain degrees in high-earning fields.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southern) / Florida
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Outlines the Getting Past Go initiative's findings on the state policy landscape for remedial education, policy levers shaping delivery, and policies facilitating or impeding innovation aimed at raising completion rates for students in remedial courses.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Presents survey findings on views of higher education as a state funding priority; concerns about college costs, access, and the impact of budget cuts; support for increases in taxes, fees, or out-of-state students to maintain funding; and other issues.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Western) / California
Education and Literacy;Race and Ethnicity
Examines how Gates' scholarships for low-income minority college students has affected persistence, completion rates, fields of study, graduate school and career paths, and community engagement. Explores scholars' demographics and experiences.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States
Education and Literacy;Government Reform
Examines the availability of federal loans to community college students by race/ethnicity and state, default rates, borrowing trends, and reasons why colleges opt out of federal programs. Argues for access to federal loans as a safe and equitable option.
August 1970
Geographic Focus: North America / United States
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