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Toledo
Blade
Get that degree
Editorial
Only 26 percent of Ohio adults have a four-year college degree,
compared with 31 percent nationwide. Each percentage point by which the
state lags the national rate costs the Ohio economy an estimated $2.5
billion a year.
By 2018, a recent study projects, this state will have nearly a million
new jobs that will require education after high school. If Ohio is to
remain competitive in the national and global economies, it will have
to graduate more of its residents from college, and keep more of them
here once they earn their degrees.
A new program by the Ohio Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s
system of public higher education, offers the prospect of addressing
both objectives.
A task force report commissioned by the regents proposes 20
student-centered ideas for increasing college progress and completion
in Ohio. Among them: Each public university should develop a specific
plan for degree completion. Universities and public schools should work
more closely together to prepare students for higher education, to
reduce the need for remedial classes later…
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