{"id":8998,"date":"2012-06-20T14:05:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=8998"},"modified":"2012-06-20T14:05:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T18:05:20","slug":"florida-gets-bragging-rights-on-national-higher-education-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/06\/20\/florida-gets-bragging-rights-on-national-higher-education-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gets Bragging Rights On National Higher Education Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9006\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/06\/20\/florida-gets-bragging-rights-on-national-higher-education-report-card\/chairman-dean-colson-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9006\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9006\" title=\"Chairman Dean Colson\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/06\/Chairman-Dean-Colson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">flbog.edu<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">BOG Chairman Dean Colson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When people yell &#8220;We&#8217;re number 1!&#8221; about a Florida university, usually they&#8217;ve got a foam finger on their hand.<\/p>\n<p>But a new national study from the <a href=\"http:\/\/icw.uschamber.com\/reportcard\/\">Institute for a Competitive Workforce on university and college performance and policy<\/a> is giving state higher ed leaders a new reason to crow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icw.uschamber.com\/reportcard\/florida\/\">Florida accomplished what no other state university system could on the report card:<\/a> The state received an \u201cA\u201d for both four-year and two-year public institutions in the Student Access &amp; Success category.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Criteria in the Student Access and Success category include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Percentage of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants and need-based federal scholarships.<\/li>\n<li>Retention rates of students who return to school after their first year.<\/li>\n<li>Completion rates of students who complete their pursuit of degree or certificate within 150% of the normal time \u2013 3 years for a two-year degree (AA) or certificate or 6 years for a bachelor\u2019s degree (BA).<\/li>\n<li>Completions per 100 full-time equivalent undergraduate students, which tracks only first time, full-time undergraduate students.<\/li>\n<li>Risk-adjusted completion rates. This recognizes institutions for enrolling and graduating low-income students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Membership in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.completecollege.org\/alliance_of_states\/\" target=\"_blank\">Complete College America<\/a>. 30 states, including Florida, participate in this program designed to \u201cclose attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s good timing for the Board of Governors. The panel that oversees the State University System of Florida is <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/06\/19\/drafting-the-three-volume-plan-for-floridas-universities\/\">holding its annual meeting in Orlando<\/a>. The board is hearing work plans from the universities in an effort to cut costs and keep tuition down while producing higher quality programs.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Colson, Chairman of the Board of the Governors, released this statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is yet another national recognition that our framework of accountability is taking hold, and I hope that the State\u2019s investment in its four-year public institutions will return to a level one day so that we do not need to rely as significantly on student tuition as what has occurred during the past five consecutive years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ICW is an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The report card is part of ICW\u2019s Leaders &amp; Laggards series, which grades post-secondary institutions in these areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student access and success<\/li>\n<li>Efficiency and cost-effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>Meeting labor market demand<\/li>\n<li>Transparency and accountability<\/li>\n<li>Policy environment<\/li>\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Florida also did well in the Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness category. The average cost to complete a degree at a four-year public university in Florida is $46,071, the lowest in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has room for improvement in \u201cMeeting Labor Market Demand\u201d and \u201cTransparency and Accountability.\u201d The state got C\u2019s in those categories for two-year and four-year institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people yell &#8220;We&#8217;re number 1!&#8221; about a Florida university, usually they&#8217;ve got a foam finger on their hand. But a new national study from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce on university and college performance and policy is giving state higher ed leaders a new reason to crow. 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