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ON THE COVER

First in the World by 2020: What Will It Take? (pdf)

By Bryan Cook and Terry Hartle, American Council on Education
In an increasingly competitive world, President Obama's goal of raising the educational attainment of Americans is not only a national necessity, but also an economic imperative. Additional perspectives contributed by Mary Fifield, Willie J. Gilchrist, and Diana Natalicio.

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America's Community Colleges: The Key to the College Completion Challenge? (pdf)
By Bob Templin, Northern Virginia Community College
Templin outlines five promising innovations that could be used by community colleges to rise to the college completion challenge.

Hard Choices on the Road to 2020 (pdf)
By Diana Schemo
Key to achieving President Obama's vision will be whether state legislatures can raise support for public colleges and universities while cutting their budgets. So far, the picture is not promising.

Related ACE Resources

Implementing the Common Core State Standards: An Action Agenda for Higher Education (Free PDF)
ACE, in partnership with Achieve and the State Higher Education Executive Officers, has released an issue brief describing the Common Core initiative and the major lines of implementation work in which higher education must be engaged.

Collective Foresight: The Leadership Challenges for Higher Education's Future
This first essay in a new ACE series, Discussing Higher Education's Future, draws on the collective foresight of diverse presidents to identify key trends and issues that will shape American higher education over the next 15 years.

Minorities In Higher Education: 24th Status Report
This report examines the latest data on racial/ethnic and gender trends in higher education, and features a special essay that reveals the diverse characteristics among Hispanics, highlighting unique educational barriers facing Hispanics as immigrants.

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