Cracks in the Education Pipeline: A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education Reform.CRACKS IN THE EDUCATION PIPELINE: A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. Reform. Washington, DC: Committee for Economic Development, 2005. 40 pp. The Committee for Economic Development's Advisory Committee on Higher Education Reform guided the development of this report. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, including many business, foundation, and education leaders from around the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , also contributed. The purpose of the report was to renew the nation's commitment to higher education and encourage a larger percentage of its citizens to reap the advantages of a college education. The CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. recommends that federal and state public officials place more value on higher education, that colleges and university leaders employ more effective and efficient management systems and structure, and that corporations provide more financial support for programs and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study. Other nations currently have a larger percentage of their youth graduating from college, which, ultimately, could affect the U.S. economy. The report addresses the lack of preparedness pre·par·ed·ness n. The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat. Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them and low graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. rates of minority and disadvantaged youth. The affordability of higher education for many young people is a recurring re·cur intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs 1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly. 2. To return to one's attention or memory. 3. To return in thought or discourse. theme that highlights how the increases in tuition have outpaced family incomes. The report includes 10 different graphic representations that compare the 50 states on the likelihood of 9th-graders entering college, the percentage of students taking upper-level math classes, high school graduation rates, the percentage of students who enroll directly in college after high school graduation, the percentage of first-year students in four-year college who return for the second year, the percentage of students who attain a bachelor's degree, the percentage of students who graduate within six years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time percentage of state appropriations spent on higher education, and the net cost of four-year colleges as compared to family income. The report concludes, "We can no longer afford to use higher education as a filter into which many students enter, but from which only the best emerge." The report is available from the Committee for Economic Development, 2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, and at www.ced.org. |
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