I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
New Mexico ranks 47th among states in the number of 25 to 34 year olds with an associate’s degree or higher and 48th when it comes to students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to a new report from the College Board‘s Advocacy and Policy Center.
According to the organization’s 2010 Progress Report, roughly 28.5 percent of New Mexicans aged 25 to 34 possess an associate’s degree or higher, which compares unfavorably to the national average — 41.6 percent. Likewise, 41.8 percent of New Mexicans graduate college with a bachelor’s degree within six years, again substantially lower than the national average of 56.1 percent.
Those are some of the eye-catching numbers in the report, which weighs in at 228 pages and dives into education policy debates and makes several recommendations on how the country can work to increase the country’s graduation rates over the next few decades.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association composed of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations perhaps best known for producing the SAT, the most widely used college admission exam.
The report recommends improving college graduation rates by keeping college affordable, providing more need-based college grants, simplifying the college admission process, improving teacher quality, focusing on recruitment and retention and aligning the K-12 education system with international standards and college admission expectations.
