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Blanco, Cheryl; Spence, Dave – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Community colleges are vital to the states and the nation. The importance of community colleges as providers of postsecondary education and training is well documented. Fulfilling both economic and social roles, these institutions have successfully created new markets and empowered new populations through educational opportunity. This report…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Colleges, College Readiness, Student Placement
Blanco, Cheryl; Spence, Dave – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Community colleges are essential to achieving state goals--increasing the educational attainment of the population, increasing access and completion, eliminating achievement gaps, closing opportunity gaps, and addressing workforce and economic development objectives. These institutions are flexible, adaptable, affordable, community-based,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Colleges, College Readiness, Student Placement
Spence, Dave; Blanco, Cheryl D.; Root, Megan – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2010
The first page of this report sets forth starkly the imperative for states to increase substantially the numbers of postsecondary education degrees and certificates earned each year by their residents: By 2018, the United States will fall far short of the number of new college degrees needed for an emerging economy that increasingly depends on…
Descriptors: Credentials, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, Academic Degrees