60 th Annual Legislative Work Conference

1. 60th Annual Legislative Work Conference

2. 2011 Southern Regional Education Board Meeting

3. State Services

4. Fact Book on Higher Education • One of SREB’s earliest winning strategies for improving education… • state-to-state comparisons • first published in 1956 • biennial since 1970 • online 24/7 since 1991 • state Featured Facts • since 1996

5. Fact Book on Higher Education • Designed for and used by… • Governor’s offices • legislative offices • college presidents • governing boards • state agencies • researchers • the press

6. Fact Book on Higher Education • Contains facts about… • population/economy • schools/government • college participation • college completion • college affordability • faculty/administrators • college budgets

7. Fact Book on Higher Education • Major expansion in 2011… • covers all 50 states and D.C. • shows major U.S. regions • adds new measures to support improving college completion

8. Fact Book on Higher Education • Chapter 3: College Completion • persistence/progression rates • graduation rates • time-to-degree • credits-to-degree • by degree and major • by gender • by race/ethnic group

9. For your state, see pages 8, 20 and 21 of Fact Book chapter.

10. For your state, see pages 20 and 21 of Fact Book chapter.

11. For further information contact… Joe.Marks@SREB.org (404) 875-9211 www.sreb.org

17. State Services