"Postsecondary completion" refers to successfully finishing education after high school. It means completing programs like college degrees, vocational training, or any other form of education that comes after high school.
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Getting more students prepared for higher education is a critical step toward
meeting postsecondary completion goals and, ultimately, a state's long - term economic needs.
That is why the foundation is making a long - term commitment to dramatically increase
postsecondary completion rates, especially among low - income young people — a goal that is both ambitious and necessary.»
The first round of grants will focus on three areas: building commitment among policymakers and business and community leaders to
increase postsecondary completion rates; improving the ability of institutions of higher learning to help struggling students at two - and four - year colleges finish their programs,...
Additionally, we will support state and federal policy development and advocacy to increase
student postsecondary completion, transfer, and post-graduate outcomes, especially at community colleges and open - access four - year institutions.
Tennessee College Access and Success Network aims to establish a college - going culture across Tennessee and works with member organizations and partners to remove barriers to higher education, promote college persistence, and increase
postsecondary completion rates.
Those results are disturbing: Kentucky's economic future depends on investment in high - quality early learning options, rigorous and aligned mathematics instruction, and effective strategies to
improve postsecondary completion.
With aligned goals across the education system, states can ensure that all students graduate high school prepared for college and careers and transition seamlessly into higher education, ultimately reducing the need for remediation and
increasing postsecondary completion rates.
In a letter of support for the project, U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins wrote»... this company's vision includes the first of its kind partnership with the «Say Yes Buffalo» program in which The Phoenix Brewery Apartments LLC will donate 10 % of its projects once stabilized to this board based community education collaborative to increase high school and
postsecondary completion rates.»
But high quality CTE could still boost high school graduation, postsecondary enrollment, and
postsecondary completion.
Early College High Schools at Scale: Probing heterogeneity of impacts on secondary and postsecondary completion
We believe that a strong community provides every person with equitable access to and support for a quality education from birth to
postsecondary completion or career readiness.
Project GRAD and partners are focused on increasing, not only enrollment, but
postsecondary completion.
In 2013, Vermont launched the Flexible Pathways Initiative through Act 77 to provide more flexibility for school districts, promote college readiness through personalized pathways, and increase graduation rates and
postsecondary completion.