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Anne Wicks; Amanda Wirtz – George W. Bush Institute, 2024
Determining whether a state's young people are on track for a life of opportunity is a difficult task for governors and state leaders. States can be both awash in data and unable to easily access and use that data to inform policy. State longitudinal data systems that meaningfully connect workforce, higher education, K-12, and early childhood…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Information Systems
Ragland, Sheri E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In 2008, state legislatures provided $6 billion in financial aid to 2 million low-income young adults. When low-income young adults receive state financial aid and do not complete college, states lose their investment because fewer people with degrees will contribute to the state's economy. Declining states' budgets have led to (a) the rising cost…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, State Policy, Graduation Rate, Correlation
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2015
The California Community Colleges serves approximately 2.1 million students each year and is the largest system of higher education in the nation. The state's 112 community colleges are charged with providing workforce training, basic skills education and preparing students to transfer to four-year universities. Currently, 78 of our 112 community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2011
This report provides the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving "three key priorities" for Nebraska's postsecondary education system: (1) Increase the number of students who enter postsecondary education in Nebraska; (2) Increase the percentage of students who enroll and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1935
This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1935 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three sections. The first section discusses: (1) Educational Adjustments (Administrative Changes and Adaptations Growing Out of Present…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Adjustment (to Environment), Youth, Educational Opportunities
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1896
Influential historic documents in American education are presented in Chapter I, including legislation, land grants for common schools and universities and for agricultural and mechanical colleges, Bureau of Education role, early discussion on establishing a national university, and state constitutions' education provisions. Also included are the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Grants, Public Schools, Colleges