Higher Education in Focus 2017: Iowa. Selected Performance Indicators

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Student Evaluation; Higher Education; Educational Attainment; Educational Indicators; Postsecondary Education; Employment Qualifications; Labor Market; Occupations; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Academic Degrees; High School Graduates; High School Students; Income; Preschool Education; Enrollment; Grade 8; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Science Achievement; Graduation Rate; College Entrance Examinations; Core Curriculum; College Readiness; College Attendance; College Credits; Young Adults; Adults; College Transfer Students; Public Colleges; College Graduates; Time to Degree; Student Financial Aid; Grants; Family Income; Paying for College; Two Year Colleges; Colleges; Student Loan Programs; Debt (Financial); State Aid; Tuition; Educational Finance; Expenditure per Student; Institutional Characteristics; Federal Aid; Elementary Secondary Education; National Competency Tests; Socioeconomic Status; Social Differences

National Assessment of Educational Progress; ACT Assessment

In the United States, approximately 65 percent of all jobs in 2020 will require some level of postsecondary education, and the demand will reach 68 percent in Iowa. This report seeks to inform public discourse on higher education by providing key performance indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment in Iowa. Performance indicators are categorized within six dimensions: (1) Preparation; (2) Participation; (3) Affordability; (4) Completion; (5) Equity; and (6) Finance. Most indicators provide the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) regional average and U.S. average or population proportion as lower performance benchmarks as well as the median of the top five states in the nation as an aspirational benchmark.

ERIC

2020

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