老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 Helps Launch National Effort to Increase Attainment
130 public universities pledge to award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025
老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 is participating in an innovative new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access, close the achievement gap, and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025. The participating institutions will work within 鈥渃lusters鈥 of four to 12 institutions as they concurrently implement innovative and effective practices to advance student success on their campuses. Collectively, the institutions enroll 3 million students, including 1 million students who receive Pell Grants.
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), which is organizing the collaborative effort, known as , announced the initiative at its 131st Annual Meeting now underway in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Powered by Publics represents the largest ever collaborative effort to improve college access, advance equity, and increase college degrees awarded. In addition to committing to those goals, participating institutions have pledged to share aggregate data demonstrating their progress to help spur lasting change across the higher education sector.
鈥淎ccess, equity and student success are in 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料鈥檚 DNA and we are honored to be participating in this important initiative,鈥 noted Harlan Sands, president of Cleveland State. 鈥淚ncreasing higher education attainment is a key to economic growth and community development and we are looking forward to partnering with the APLU to create a comprehensive, multi-university effort to address this key challenge.鈥
鈥淥ver the past few years, we鈥檝e witnessed a real and growing enthusiasm among public university leaders to advance college completion nationally,鈥 said APLU President Peter McPherson. 鈥淲e have to seize the moment and mobilize institutions to improve not just college access, but also equity in student outcomes and the number of students who earn degrees. That鈥檚 what Powered by Publics is all about and why we鈥檙e thrilled to work with our member institutions toward such an important national goal.鈥
老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料 will help lead the initiative鈥檚 urban cluster, which will also include Virginia Commonwealth University, Wayne State University, The University of Memphis, the University of Colorado and Florida International University, among others.
The effort will be overseen by , which the association created this year to help drive transformational change across the public higher education sector. A core value of the Center and its participating institutions will be rooted in a commitment to sharing data and innovative, successful practices to help drive progress across the entire sector of public higher education. The Center will regularly disseminate lessons learned from the participating institutions to the broader public higher education community.
A national advisory council of respected higher education thought leaders will provide a strategic vision and guidance for the Center, which will work to build upon and complement existing initiatives around institutional change and student success.