Lesson Plan: an agenda for change in American higher education

PART I: Prelude 1

PART II: Pressing National Needs

Achieving Higher Levels of Educational Attainment

Raising College Completion Rate in the United States

Reducing Time-to-Degree

Reducing Disparities in Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status and Race or Ethnicity

Achieving Affordability

Strengthening Leadership Capacities

PART III: An Agenda for Change

Governmental Funding

Apart from Student Aid

Payments by Individuals

and Student Aid (Including Loans)

Increasing Efficiency

Putting High-Profile College Sports in Proper Perspective

Rationalizing Staffing: Supporting the Development of a "Teaching Corps"

Improving Teaching through Technology: Adaptive Learning

Enabling Stronger Leadership.