March 3, 2010
17 States Pledge to Increase Graduation Rates, Joining a New National Effort
Seventeen states have promised to develop specific plans to improve their college-completion rates, announcing on Tuesday that they were joining a national program aimed at helping institutions meet President Obama’s goal of having the world’s best-educated adult population by 2020.
Participating states will be required to set yearly goals for increasing graduation rates, including benchmarks for individual campuses, and to publicly report data on their progress. Complete College America, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that organized the national graduation program, the Complete College America Alliance of States, will provide advice from higher-education experts and help applying for federal grants to support the states’ completion goals.
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