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Meeting the Challenge

How can we get there?

Tennessee’s Goal: By 2025, the state will reach the national average in the educational attainment of working-age adults

Tennessee’s degree attainment goal can only be reached through a partnership between K-12 and higher education. The following scenario illustrates one way Tennessee can raise the education level of working-age adults to the national average by 2025. MOA-TN leadership will continue to develop these goals as well as implementation strategies.

How can Tennessee reach the educational attainment national average?
Example of a possible set of improvement measures

  Current Goal
K-12 Measures
High school graduation rate
71
75
College-going rate of HS grads
65
69
Out-Migration rate of HS grads
13
9
Dual-Enrollment participation per 100 seniors
16
26
Percent of students taking R&D
33
29
Higher Education Measures - Second Year Retention Rate
UT
78
82
TBR universities
73
77
TBR community colleges
54
59
Higher Education Measures - Third Year Retention Rate
UT
68
77
TBR universities
63
71
TBR community colleges
32
40
Higher Education Measures - Fourth Year Retention Rate
UT
63
76
TBR universities
57
70
TBR community colleges
18
28
Higher Education Measures - Six-Year Graduation Rate
UT
55
64
TBR universities
43
52
TBR community colleges
21
27
Annual Expected Degree Production
37,635
43,844


Methodology
Scenarios for Increasing Degree Productivity