| We'll know when all of our children are graduating with the skills they need to succeed in higher education.
What the data shows.
Saint Paul/Minnesota
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Educational Attainment Trends.
Minnesota Measures - Higher Education Accountability: Gauging the effectiveness of the higher education sector in meeting state goals, Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
- June 2009 - Minnesota Measures - Provides a statewide perspective on higher education and, where possible, comparisons with Big 10 “peer states”, the national average and other countries to help identify broad areas in which Minnesota excels and where improvement may be needed.
- April 2008 - Minnesota Measures - Five goals and 23 indicators serve as the organizing framework for the 2008 report and as Minnesota’s public agenda for higher education.
- February 2007 - Minnesota Measures - Shows a variety of results on 18 preliminary measures identified as important to the state (Press Release).
University Plan, Performance, and Accountability Reports - University of Minnesota.
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July 2007 - Educating Minnesota’s Immigrant Students: Phase I: Challenges and Opportunities - The first phase of the Study Committee on Immigration and Higher Education, a joint project of the Citizens League and the MACC Alliance of Connected Communities.
April 2007 - The Challenge of College Readiness - Research shows a mismatch between high school preparation and college expectations. How can high schools prepare students for college success?, Educational Leadership.
November 2006 - Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation’s Premier Public Universities - The University of Minnesota wins an A grade in a new report for expanding access to students of color, but the U earns a D for the academic success of those students once they enter (Pioneer Press), Education Trust.
October 2006 - The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region - Despite business and manufacturing leadership, assets like research universities & natural amenities, the Great Lakes region struggles to develop the human capital, entrepreneurial culture, and dynamic metropolitan regions needed to compete globally. This report examines the challenges, and calls for a new federal-state compact for educational, economic, social, and infrastructure initiatives to renew the region's vitality, The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.
September 2006 - Minnesota Education Trends, 2000 to 2005 - Describes trends in K-12 and higher education enrollment and graduation and summarizes educational attainment data from the 2005 American Community Survey, October 12, 2006, Minnesota State Demographic Center.
March 2006 - Creating Minnesota’s Plan for Career Development in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, Minnesota Department of Education and Citizens League (Fact Sheet).
January 2006 - Report from the Task Force to Study the Implementation of Higher Education Funding Policy - The general fund appropriation for basic operations and tuition at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) and the University of Minnesota dropped from around 67 percent in the late 1990's to 52 percent by 2005.
May 2005 - A New Vision for Saint Paul Schools: Preparing All Students for Success in Higher Education, Citizens League (Press Release).
February 2005 - Minnesota Data Profile - Compares the progress of Minnesota students through the education pipeline with that of students across the nation and in top-performing states, Achieve, Inc.
Measuring Up 2004 - Provides a wealth of information on connecting Minnesota students to higher education.
November 2004 - Trouble on the Horizon: Growing Demands and Competition, Limited Resources, & Changing Demographics in Higher Education, the 2004 Citizens League Report on Higher Education in Minnesota.
October 2004 - College Access for All, Saint Paul Public Schools Office of Research and Development.
December 2003 - Projections of High School Graduates: Implications for Baccalaureate Degree Production and Workforce Growth, Minnesota Private College Research Foundation analysis of Knocking at the College Door, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).
2002 - Getting prepared: A 2002 report on recent high school graduates who took developmental/remedial courses, Minnesota State Colleges & Universities, University of Minnesota. (Note: report fails to take into account graduates attending private and out-of-state colleges.)
July 2002 - The Path From High School Through College, Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
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National
October 2007 - Collegekeys Compact - A call to action for K12 and higher education to get low-income students ready for, into, and through college, College Board (Press Release).
September 2007 - Education Pays 2007: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society - Higher education yields significant rewards to its recipients and society as a whole, The College Board (Press Release).
May 2007 - First in My Family: A Profile of First-Generation College Students at Four-Year Institutions Since 1971, Higher Education Research Institute.
March 2006 - Reading Between the Lines: What the ACT Reveals about College Readiness in Reading - Only 51 percent of 2005 ACT-tested high school graduates are ready for college-level reading—and, what’s worse, more students are on track to being ready for college-level reading in eighth and tenth grade than are actually ready by the time they reach twelfth grade. The clearest differentiator in reading between students who are college ready and students who are not is the ability to comprehend complex texts. This is true for both genders, all racial/ethnic groups, and all annual family income levels.
February 2005 - Life After High School: Young People Talk about Their Hopes and Prospects - Go to College? Get a Job? How Young African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Whites Make Decisions About What to Do After High School, Public Agenda (Press Release).
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