Higher Education in Focus 2019: Kansas. Essential Performance Indicators for Midwestern States

Midwestern Higher Education Compact. 1300 South Second Street Suite 130, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1079. Tel: 612-626-8288; Fax: 612-626-8290; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.mhec.org

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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; Low Income Students; Federal Aid; Elementary Secondary Education

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 71 percent in Kansas. This report seeks to inform public discourse on higher education by providing key performance indicators relevant to the goal of improving educational attainment for a healthy economy and society. Performance indicators are categorized within five areas: (1) Preparation; (2) Participation; (3) Completion; (4) Affordability; and (5) Finance. Several indicators provide the national and Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) regional values as well as the median of the top five states in the nation as possible benchmarks. Performance indicators are disaggregated by race/ethnicity and family income when data are available.

ERIC

2020

ED607800