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Conferees consider raising Minnesota higher-education attainment goal to 75% and broaden metrics
Summary
A legislative conference committee debated Senate language that would extend and raise Minnesota's higher-education attainment target from 70% to 75%, expand the measured age range and narrow metrics; the Office of Higher Education said no new appropriation was requested and recommended technical metric changes.
A conference committee on higher education on Monday discussed a Senate proposal to extend and change Minnesota’s higher-education attainment goal, raising an aspirational target from 70% to 75% and expanding the age range used to measure attainment.
Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education told conferees the 2015 goal (70% of adults with a postsecondary credential by 2025) had expired and the Senate-only language seeks to extend and redesign that target. "Previously our goal that was set by the Legislature in 2015…was 70% of Minnesotans…
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