Sentence examples for boosting completion from inspiring English sources
In Obama's State of the Union address this year, he proposed a $1 billion Race to the Top competition to incentivize colleges to control their costs; a First in the World competition to spur innovation among colleges in boosting completion; and, more controversially, tying campus-based aid to measures such as graduation rates.
Developers often complain that planning regulations hamper building – but Pidgeon doesn't buy it, nor does she feel relaxing planning regulations would boost completion rates.
Congress should take the proposal, scrap it and rededicate the money toward programs that will actually boost completion, that will surround colleges, students and their families with supporting structures.
Of course, much of the responsibility to boost completion rates should fall on colleges themselves, since the federal government may (and probably will) fail to act.
The university also closed the graduation rate gap by half and earned national recognition by Education Trust as a "top gap closer" for its efforts to boost completion rates for minorities.
He has also thrown for seven touchdowns and just three interceptions, while boosting his completion percentage to a career-high 65.4 (up from 59.1 last season).
With the unprecedented focus on boosting college completion rates, there must be equal emphasis on graduating students with workforce-ready skills.
Spurred by President Obama's goal to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, a large number of organizations (funded by major foundations) have recently adopted a "college completion agenda" and have undertaken a wide variety of initiatives to boost college completion.
These students would then become AA graduates, and boost national completion totals.
There's no doubt: our Alliance of States is making progress to boost college completion, and the year ahead brings with it exciting opportunities to build upon that momentum.
That boosted the completion rate to 49%.
