News : post-secondary degrees

Institute for Higher Education Policy suggests different approaches to boosting graduation rates based on data, economic and other conditions.
November 07, 2011

TROY, Mi. – The Institute for Higher Education Policy recently completed work on a new approach for funders interested in promoting access and success in postsecondary education.

Using national data about degree-completion rates...

Talent Dividend Prize’ highlights the education’s role in strengthening economies.
Tues. 05/10/11, TROY, MICHIGAN -- More than 50 U.S. cities have entered a competition to boost the number of residents with a college degree and win $1 million.

The “Talent Dividend Prize” will be given to the metropolitan area with the greatest increase in the number of post-secondary degrees...