Texas Tribune Event:
The Completion Conundrum
A Conversation on Higher Ed Outcomes

RESCHEDULED   FOR
APRIL 12, 2019
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Lecture Hall
Texas A&M University School of Law
1515 Commerce St. Fort Worth, TX 76102

Registration is free. More info and RSVP at texastribune.org/events

Texas has a problem getting students of all kinds through some kind of postsecondary education: Graduation rates at four-year public universities, at community colleges, and in career and technical classes are well below the expectations of a state that brands itself exceptional. That’s why the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board created the 60x30 plan, which calls for, among other ambitious goals, an increase by 2030 in the number and percentage of Texans with a degree or certificate from a Texas-based institution. But wishing doesn’t make it so. What strategies and tactics are being deployed to increase college completions? Who is succeeding in this effort, and can emerging best practices be scaled and emulated? Can our parsimonious legislature afford the price of success?

Join The Texas Tribune in person or on our livestream for a conversation about improving higher ed outcomes, moderated by the Tribune’s higher education reporter, Shannon Najmabadi.

Panelists include:

Vistasp Karbhari, president of the University of Texas at Arlington
Raymund Paredes, Texas commissioner of higher education
State Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, chair of the House Higher Education Committee