HCC: Helping to Keep Our City Strong
An educated workforce is one of the most reliable predictors of a city’s long-term stability and growth. Below you will find links to a variety of resources providing information about Houston and the role of higher education in our community.
The Houston Area Survey
Housed at Rice University’s Institute for Urban Studies, the Houston Area Survey has tracked Houston’s demographic changes for nearly three decades. The Survey’s website contains a wealth of information about the experiences, attitudes, and beliefs of the people who live here and the ongoing transformation of the city’s social and political landscape.
The Texas “Closing the Gaps” Initiative
Closing the Gaps by 2015 aims to close educational gaps among Texans by increasing the number of citizens who go to college – especially students from disadvantaged backgrounds - and by improving those students’ success rates. The website offers detailed data and analysis about the initiative’s progress and Texas’s higher educational system in general.
The Economic Impact of Community Colleges
This report by the Texas Comptroller’s office details the economic benefits community colleges provide to students, their cities, and the state as a whole.
Are They Really Ready to Work?
This study provides an in-depth look at how United States employers view the educational readiness of new entrants into the workforce.
CEOs for Cities
CEOs for Cities is an organization comprising urban business and civic leaders who seek ways to ensure the future viability of American cities. Its website contains numerous reports and studies about factors that increase a city’s vitality – including boasting a high percentage of citizens with a college degree.
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them
Sponsored in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this report tests previous assumptions made to explain American college students’ high dropout rates and offers suggestions for helping at-risk students complete their college degree or certificate.
Adult Learning in Focus
This report by CAEL, the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning, emphasizes the importance to the American economy of finding ways for working adults to earn college credentials.
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