Higher Education Moves to Center Stage
President Makes College Attainment Key Priority in Speech to Nation Last night, President Barack Obama moved higher education onto center stage as a key factor in rebuilding the U.S. economy. Lumina...
View ArticleA New Paradigm for Economic Development
More states are recognizing the connection between economic prosperity and higher education. This publication, from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government , offers examples of what some...
View ArticleSurvey of Young Americans’ Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service: 17th...
College students worry about the economy and many question their ability to stay in school, according to this report from Harvard University Institute of Politics.
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Projecting Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
The nation will have a shortage of 3 million workers with the required postsecondary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, according to this report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at...
View ArticleQ&A with Anthony Carnevale
Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, addresses work-related learning, the real cost of higher education and how to pay for it, and other...
View ArticleThe Promise of Proficiency: How College Proficiency Information Can Help High...
High schools must ramp up their efforts to track how graduates perform in their first year of college, says this publication from the Center for American Progress and College Summit. Without such data...
View ArticleState Outlook: Fiscal and State Policy Issues Affecting Postsecondary...
Increased tuition, department and program consolidations, capped enrollments, and larger class sizes have become the norm for state higher education institutions, according to this report from the...
View ArticleThe Undereducated American
The United States has been underproducing college-educated workers for decades, according to The Undereducated American by Anthony P. Carnevale and Stephen J. Rose. The report from the Georgetown...
View ArticleHigher Education, Economic Recovery, and Job Creation
In my last post, I promised to comment on what we are learning about how increasing higher education attainment can actually drive economic growth, and not just respond to it. We tend to think that...
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