The Economic Benefits of Closing Postsecondary Completion Gaps, by Julie Ajinkya, Rachel Rivas and Ernie Tedeschi, using national economic modeling to investigate the question: What would happen if we closed postsecondary completion gaps by 2040? Their analysis finds that closing gaps for those furthest from opportunity is not just moral imperative, but an economic one as well.

Is your state working to help more people earn college credentials? Perhaps someone you know dreams of going back to college to finally earn that degree. A sampling of recent headlines from across the country suggests we might be reaching critical mass on the issue. 

It seems unbelievable, but tomorrow marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Arriving in New Orleans this week, the memories came flooding back. The Weather Channel picture of a mammoth storm. Survivors’ joy turned to horror over learning that the levees were overtopping and that some would not hold. The faces of death, destruction and despair.