Education Level: Postsecondary

Wiring the Future

Jahana.Martin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:49:00 +0000

Building an Infrastructure for Broadband Access

In today’s technology-driven world, reliable broadband access is critical for student success. Whether completing online assignments, attending virtual classes or accessing educational resources, students depend on fast and stable internet connections to fully engage with digital educational tools. Schools and universities increasingly use digital platforms to house course content, assignments and discussion boards. Without adequate broadband access, students face significant barriers to learning.

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Priorities for Raising College Student Success in the South

Beth Day — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:52:00 +0000

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College student success is central to both the professional workforce and the prosperity of individuals today and tomorrow. Join members of SREB’s Student Success Advisory Council as they discuss strategies with the best potential to impact individual and collective postsecondary success.

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02/07/2023 - 02/08/2023

Priorities for Raising College Student Success in the South

Beth Day — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:06:00 +0000

Report of the SREB Student Success Advisory Council

The report of SREB’s Student Success Advisory Council offers 10 recommendations to improve the success of students in postsecondary education, particularly those from demographic groups that have been underrepresented in higher education historically. After examining the challenges of affording college, navigating and persisting to graduation, and beginning a career, the report outlines specific ideas for both states and postsecondary institutions.
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Higher Education Return on Investment for Students, Families and Society

Beth Day — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:32:00 +0000

With mounting focus on the return on investing in a college degree, this brief shows how the benefits outweigh the costs to individuals, communities and society. A postsecondary credential remains a profitable investment for individuals, who in general earn more and are less likely to be unemployed, as well as for economies that need a highly skilled workforce and residents who contribute to society.

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Improving Secondary and Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

Beth Day — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 15:25:00 +0000

How can states, schools and colleges help students with disabilities to improve high school graduation rates, postsecondary success, and career and technical education participation?

This piece, produced for a request from a state department of education, includes actions to consider, examples from SREB states and a review of current research on professional development, educational technology and individualized instruction.

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OER in Dual Enrollment

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:55:00 +0000

Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Expand Equitable Access

The number of high schools offering dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment courses has grown significantly over the past decade. However, gaps in student access and participation persist. This report from SREB and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact examines how the use of open educational resources, or OER, can make dual enrollment courses more cost-effective and increase college access for more students. The report provides an overview of policies across 50 states and recommendations on OER adoption and usage.

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Making a Case for Student Success

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:03:00 +0000

Open Educational Resources in Dual Enrollment and CTE

September 22, 2021
11 am Eastern

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This session explored solutions to integrate open educational resources in dual enrollment and career and technical education that lead to student success in both K12 and higher education.

This session is part of SREB’s Open Educational Resources in Dual Enrollment webinar series.

The Cost of OER and Return on Investment

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:02:00 +0000

Open Educational Resources in Dual Enrollment

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This session was held to help decision-makers on all levels — state, higher education institutions and K12 schools and districts — better understand the perceived costs of open educational resources, cost-savings, and the return on investments.

This session is part of SREB’s Open Educational Resources in Dual Enrollment webinar series.

The webinar session covered the following topics:

SREB Region

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:44:00 +0000

College Affordability Profile

By 2031, an average of 64% of jobs in the SREB region will require a postsecondary credential. Ensuring college remains affordable is more critical than ever to prevent financial barriers from limiting students’ access to higher education and to strengthen the region’s workforce and economy. The College Affordability Profiles provide data-driven insights for all 16 SREB states, supporting state and local efforts to expand access to quality higher education.

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Supporting College Students During COVID-19

Beth Day — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:18:00 +0000

Postsecondary Webinar Series

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Colleges and universities have had to rethink the way they engage students during the COVID-19 pandemic, from enrollment through graduation. Hear about innovative practices from student affairs leaders at the University of North Carolina System and Lincoln University of Missouri.

Calendar dates

11/16/2020 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Integrated Data Systems and Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

Tiffany Harrison — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:45:00 +0000

This policy brief explores up-to-date information on how data systems and predictive analytics work in tandem to provide colleges and universities the data necessary to map out the future. Through aligned data systems and data definitions, higher education entities can make better data-based decisions and gain substantial returns on investments.

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Data, Definitions Limit What We Know About Dual Enrollment

Beth Day — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:46:00 +0000

SREB publishes comprehensive review of research

States need better data to measure whether dual enrollment programs are realizing their promise, says a review of existing research published by the Southern Regional Education Board this week.

To determine return on investment and improve dual credit programs, states will need to clarify their goals, be sure policies support them, and collect data that connects students’ K-12 and postsecondary experiences.

Dual Enrollment Research

melissa.pinsky@sreb.org — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:16:00 +0000

A Comprehensive Review

Part of the ongoing work of SREB’s Dual Enrollment Initiative, this comprehensive review is intended to help policymakers better understand what the research tells us (and what it doesn’t) about dual enrollment. The research analyzes more than 500 journal articles, master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, web documents and books from 1959 to 2019.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

How colleges can better serve student-parents

alan.richard@sreb.org — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:10:00 +0000

One in five U.S. undergraduates now raising children

More of today’s college students are raising children while in school, and they’re a larger, faster-growing group than many colleges institutions and policymakers realize.

Nicole Lynn Lewis, the founder and CEO of Generation Hope, joined SREB for a webinar on June 11 to discuss how institutions can build and strengthen support for student-parents. Her organization assists teenage parents—men and women—who attend college in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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Workforce-Driven Financial Aid: Policies and Strategies

Beth Day — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:11:00 +0000

Essential Elements of State Policy For College Completion

The rapidly evolving workplace has created a shortage of skilled and educated workers in many fields, leaving essential jobs unfilled and millions of adults unqualified for them. This policy brief summarizes statewide strategies to support financial assistance for students in programs designed to address workforce needs. It includes suggestions for states that are evaluating, or considering creating, workforce-driven financial aid policies.

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SREB Launches Dual Enrollment Initiative

Beth Day — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:33:00 +0000

The Southern Regional Education Board has launched a multi-year initiative to help states address concerns and opportunities in dual enrollment.

With an advisory panel of members from schools, universities, agencies and legislatures across the SREB states, the project will explore how dual enrollment can:

Postsecondary Trends Threaten Workforce Needs

Beth Day — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:16:00 +0000

Fact Book Documents Challenges to Education Attainment Goals

Postsecondary attainment continues a slow climb in the South, according to the 2019 Fact Book on Higher Education.

Population and college enrollment trends are beginning to slow at a time when advancing technology and artificial intelligence are shifting the workplace to demand higher-level skills. And affordability remains a stubborn challenge to students and families and to states trying raise state education attainment levels to grow their economies.

2021 SREB Fact Book on Higher Education

Veronica Johnson — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:30:00 +0000

The SREB Fact Book on Higher Education includes data on the population and economy, enrollment, degrees, student tuition and financial aid, faculty and administrators, revenue and expenditures. With more than 100 tables of detailed information, the Fact Book is one of the nation’s most respected and most comprehensive collections of comparative data on higher education.

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2021 SREB Fact Book on Higher Education

Cover and Highlights

Message from the SREB President, Acknowledgements, List of Graphs and Tables

Introduction

Population, Economy, Schools and Government

College Participation

College Completion

College Affordability

Faculty and Administrators

Revenue and Expenditures

Appendix A

Appendix B

College Affordability

Christine Oliver — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:38:00 +0000

Promising State Policies and Practices

This report explores promising or innovative state programs that aim to improve college affordability and credential attainment — and bear watching to see if they result in meaningful outcomes. Prepared for SREB’s Commission on College Affordability in the South.

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Shared Responsibility for College Affordability

Beth Day — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:38:00 +0000

Report of the SREB Commission on College Affordability in the South

The Commission offers eight policy recommendations for affordability, grounded in a shared responsibility model where states, families, colleges and the federal government each play a role. The report charts trends and data on educational attainment, workforce needs, student diversity, family income, student debt, higher ed funding, tuition, net price, financial aid and more. An appendix offers questions to help states begin reviews of their policies and practices.

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Education Level: Postsecondary

Wiring the Future

Priorities for Raising College Student Success in the South

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Priorities for Raising College Student Success in the South

Higher Education Return on Investment for Students, Families and Society

Improving Secondary and Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

OER in Dual Enrollment

Making a Case for Student Success

September 22, 2021 11 am Eastern

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The Cost of OER and Return on Investment

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SREB Region

Supporting College Students During COVID-19

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Integrated Data Systems and Predictive Analytics in Higher Education

Data, Definitions Limit What We Know About Dual Enrollment

Dual Enrollment Research

How colleges can better serve student-parents

Workforce-Driven Financial Aid: Policies and Strategies

SREB Launches Dual Enrollment Initiative

Postsecondary Trends Threaten Workforce Needs

2021 SREB Fact Book on Higher Education

College Affordability

Shared Responsibility for College Affordability

Report of the SREB Commission on College Affordability in the South

September 22, 2021
11 am Eastern