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655 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. 6 (2014)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0655 and id is 1 raw text is: INTRODUCTION State Policies and Higher Education Attainment By MICHAEL K. McLENDON and LAURA W. PERNA This article introduces a collection of empirical work that examines the role of state policy in promoting stu- dents' progression into and through higher education. We provide an overview of U.S. state policy innovations that have occurred in recent years and we identify both the challenges and opportunities associated with study- ing public policy and higher education attainment in the states. The article concludes by outlining the per- spectives of the articles included in this collection and provides a synopsis of each. Keywords: higher education attainment; college stu- dent success; state policy; comparative state policy; higher education policy A s perhaps never before, the attention of state policy-makers and researchers has galvanized around the need for the United States to improve the educational attainment of its population. Although some observers ques- tion whether everyone should attend college, higher education is undoubtedly essential to the social and economic prosperity of individu- als and of society. Higher education is increas- ingly required for jobs today and for new jobs that will be created in the future (Carnevale, Smith, and Strohl 2010; Perna and Finney 2014). The benefits of higher education redound in countless ways, including greater Michael K. McLen don is Simmons Centennial Endowed Chair in Higher Education Policy and Leadership and associate d7ean in tih Simonaos School of Education at Southern .Methodist U niversity. His scholarship exam- ines governance, finance, and public policy for higher education, particularly the factors shaping policy change in the states. Laura W Perna is executive director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) and pro- fessor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Her recent books include (with Joni Finney) The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press 2014). DOI: 10.1177/0002716214541234 ANNALS, AAPSS, 655, September 2014 6

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