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NGA Issues Primer on Increasing College Graduation Rates
Recent college graduates may be thinking otherwise as their unemployment rate is twice what it was two years ago, but &#quot;nearly 75 percent of future jobs will require a postsecondary degree or certificate,&#quot; according to Increasing College Success: A Road Map for Governors. The 14-page issue brief by the National Governors Association outlines four steps states can take to help improve the nation’s international ranking of 12th in college success rates. Examples are provided for each step: 1) improve student’s readiness for college and careers; 2) support students during college to keep them on a degree-track; 3) remove barriers for transferring between two-year and four-year colleges; and, 4) experiment with performance-based funding. Read more at: http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0912INCREASINGCOLLEGESUCCESS.PDF