Riverside, Calif. Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge writes that a new citywide partnership will raise the number of students who enroll and graduate from college in this Nation's Cities Weekly commentary.
At a recent meeting of the YEF Institute's Education Policy Advisors Network (EPAN), mayors' education advisors and other local education leaders discussed efforts taking place in their cities to strengthen the educational pipeline for children and youth.
In this Nation's Cities Weekly commentary, Jamie P. Merisotis, President of Lumina Foundation, discusses why increasing postsecondary completion rates is essential to the prosperity of our nation's cities, and why municipal leaders must take action to promote college success. Lumina supports NLC's 15-city Postsecondary Success City Action Network.
Cross-sector teams from 14 cities convened in New York City for a recent Communities Learning in Partnership (CLIP) meeting focused on increasing college completion rates. New York City leaders showcased their latest efforts to align strategies and programs of the New York City Department of Education, the City University of New York (CUNY) system, municipal agencies and a host of community and workforce partners through the Graduate NYC! initiative.
Local teams from 10 cities across the nation assembled in Indianapolis on October 5-6, 2011 to learn about innovative, multi-sector strategies that promote postsecondary access and completion and the opportunities for municipal leadership in such community partnerships.
Since the Communities Learning in Partnership was launched in 2009, implementation sites and affiliated cities have made impressive progress in developing and carrying out comprehensive local plans for helping more students attain postsecondary degrees and credentials.
