June 24, 2009

Largest States Should Get the Greatest Share of College-Completion Funds, Group Suggests

By Josh Keller

If America is to reach President Obama's goal of having the world's highest proportion of college graduates by 2020, a $2.5-billion grant program he has proposed should focus on vastly expanding degree-attainment rates in the nation's largest states, says a report by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.

The nonprofit group's report offers recommendations on how to structure the grant program, which Congressional leaders are expected to debate in the next

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