FAFSA Completion Rates by School:
http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/FloridaFAFSAFinishLine/BySchool?:embed=y&:display_count=no

2012-2013

• Celebration: 44.95%
• Gateway: 50.00%
• Liberty: 47.49%
• Harmony: 48.34%
• Osceola: 54.05%
• Osceola School for the Arts: 67.20%
• PATHS: 57.24%
• Poinciana: 44.31%
• St. Cloud: 44.58%

2011-2012

• Celebration: 47.83%
• Gateway: 52.15%
• Liberty: 53.42%
• Harmony: 48.79%
• Osceola: 52.20%
• Osceola School for the Arts: 77.67%
• PATHS: 67.66%
• Poinciana: 52.67%
• St. Cloud: 47.74%

A Gates Initiative

http://www.collegeknowledgechallenge.org/about/

GenTX

A great initiative in the state of Texas to encourage more students to go to college:
http://gentx.org/downloads/print/

Separate and Unequal

Report from Georgetown University:
http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Separate%26Unequal.FR.pdf

Recovery 2020

Recovery 2020 finds that:

• There will be 55 million job openings in the economy through 2020: 24 million openings from newly created jobs and 31 million openings due to baby boom retirements.
  
• By educational attainment: 35 percent of the job openings will require at least a bachelor’s degree, 30 percent of the job openings will require some college or an associate’s degree and 36 percent of the job openings will not require education beyond high school.
  
• STEM, Healthcare Professions, Healthcare Support, and Community Services will be the fastest growing occupations, but also will require high levels of post-secondary education.
  
• Most jobs will require some type of post-secondary education, and individuals that only possess a high school diploma will have fewer employment options.
  
• Employers will seek cognitive skills such as communication and analytics from job applicants rather than physical skills traditionally associated with manufacturing.
  
• The United States will fall short by 5 million workers with postsecondary education – at the current production rate – by 2020.

A Stronger Nation

The Lumina Foundation has embraced the Goal 2025: By 2025, we want 60 percent of Americans to hold high-quality degrees, certificates or other postsecondary credentials. 

 

http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/A_stronger_nation_through_higher_education-2013.pdf

 

Summer Melt

Interesting information about "Summer Melt":

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/16/202566709/why-poor-students-college-plans-are-hijacked-over-the-summer

http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bencastleman/files/castleman_and_page_-_stemming_the_tide_of_summer_melt_-_appam_presentation_-_november_2011.pdf