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California Sets Ambitious 70% College Attainment Goal Amid Persistent Equity Gaps

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The College Futures Foundation has released a comprehensive report highlighting California's push to achieve 70% postsecondary attainment by 2035, while revealing significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in college completion rates across the state.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

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Phase one is just the beginning of Compton College 2035, a comprehensive master plan outlining the colleges plans to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities, including a physical education complex and a visual and performing arts complex, over the next decade and beyond.

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North Dakota Joins National Coalition of States Working to Raise College Completion Rates

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North Dakota University System has joined the Complete College America (CCA) Alliance, a national coalition of 53 states, systems, institutions of higher education, and other organizations committed to increasing the number of students who successfully complete college and attain degrees or other postsecondary credentials.

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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

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Projections say that Latino students will reach parity in engineering enrollment by 2035, Martínez said. On the graduate level, Latino students were 9.4% of engineering master’s degree recipients in 2021 – from 4.2% in 2003 – and 7.5% of engineering doctorate recipients.

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

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Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress. Explore the resources today.

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How to uncover hidden threats in past enrollment trends

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If a decline is due primarily to falling college-going rates, the question may be less about how you compete with other institutions, and more about how you compete against alternatives to higher education like work, family obligations, or misperceptions about higher education’s value.