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Summary 500 public colleges in the US are pledging to produce 3.8 million additional graduates by 2025.
This is an ambitious move to help the United States regain its global lead in college attainment.The schools represented currently produce just over 1 million graduates per year. At current rates, they would produce about 14.6 million degrees by 2025.The focus announced Tuesday is on improving completion rates, long considered the weak link in U.S. higher education.The United States is among the best in the world at getting students into college, more than one-third of students fail to earn a degree.
