Creating Incentives for Higher Education

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Back in 2010, at the Complete College Tennessee Summit, I remember then-Gov. Phil Bredesen pushing a goal of 26,000 additional college degrees in five years, while urging major cities like Memphis to step up their efforts to retain new grads.

The goals were lofty, but there was strong support at the Nashville summit, which drew education professionals from all over the state, as well as representatives of business, local governments and the nonprofit community.

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Creating Incentives for Higher Education

Participants all recognized that the lack of education is holding the state back; less than one-third of Tennessee's worker-age adults have an associate deg...

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