Educating for Success -- The Nexus Between College Completion and American Competitiveness

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Educating a skilled and adapt­able workforce is the key to American competitiveness in a global economy. Yet by many measures, America is missing the mark.

While the United States is home to some of the most prestigious universities in the world, barely half of students who start a bachelor's program complete their degree in six years, and only 30 percent of community college students do so in three. With unemployment rates twice as high for Americans without a post-high school degree, this has troubling implications for America's future.

Join National Journal as it explores what federal policy­makers, state officials, and colleges and universities can do to guarantee students have the education and skills they need to succeed in a global economy.

The Policy Summit will be held on Thursday, November 10, at Union Station's Columbus Club from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., and will be hosted by National Journal and underwritten by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Who: Keynote Discussion:

• Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D., deputy executive director, Colorado Department of Higher Education
• Danette Gerald Howard, Ph.D., interim secretary of higher education, Maryland Higher Education Commission

Moderators:

• Ronald Brownstein, editorial director, National Journal and
• Fawn Johnson, correspondent, National Journal

Panel:

• Anthony P. Carnevale, Ph.D., director, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
• Cheryl Hyman, chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
• Stan Jones, president, Complete College America
• Jim Shelton, III, assistant deputy secretary for the office of innovation and improvement, U.S. Department of Education

What: Educating for Success — The Nexus Between College Completion and American Competitiveness

Where: Columbus Club at Union Station
50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002

When: Thursday, November 10, 2011
8 a.m. – Registration
8:30 –10:30 a.m. – Program

Registration: Register at njsummit111011.eventbrite.com

SOURCE National Journal Group