Getting to Graduation: The Completion Agenda in Higher Education

The United States, long considered to have the best higher education in the world, now ranks eleventh in the proportion of 25— to 34—year—olds with a college degree. As other countries have made dramatic gains in degree attainment, the U.S. has improved more slowly. In response, President Obama recently laid out a national “completion agenda” with the goal of making the U.S. the best—educated nation in the wor...