Biden: Here’s how to graduate more

March 23, 2011 By Joanne 3 Comments

States must set ambitious college-completion goals to help make the U.S. first in the world in college graduates by 2020, said Vice President Joe Biden at the Building a Grad Nation summit in Washington. Biden announced a 23-page “College Completion Tool Kit” with recommended strategies.

Also on Community College Spotlight:  Job training is the focus of today’s regional community college summit at Indiana’s Ivy Tech, a leader in college-industry partnerships.

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Commentsed says: March 23, 2011 at 2:16 pm

This is just wishful thinking.

Mark Roulo says: March 23, 2011 at 2:40 pm

No it isn’t just wishful thinking.

We could grant everyone a college degree upon reaching a specific age. Say, 22.

Maria says: March 23, 2011 at 4:26 pm

“Set goals and develop an action plan.” (Why didn’t *we* think of this before?)

” Embrace performance-based funding.” (No Child Left Behind?)

” Use data to drive decision making.” (What are they using the data for in the first place?)

” Accelerate learning and reduce costs.” (Uh huh. We spend more than practically every other country for K-12 education. Some governors are trying to reduce costs – WI and NJ, for example – and we’ve seen the reaction. Quite ugly.)

Joe Biden isn’t an education expert. I wonder who wrote these for him?

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