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Washington State Public Four-Year Colleges Go Test Optional, Permanently
May 21, 6:18 a.m. Public four-year colleges in Washington State have gone test optional, permanently. The decision to move to permanent test-optional policies reaffirm our sector’s commitment to reduce barriers for students. Further, as we enter a period of post-COVID-19 recovery, we continue our commitment to learn from this historic challenge and embrace long-term changes that best serve our students and state, said a joint statement from the provosts or vice president of academic affairs of the eight universities.
They are Central Washington, Eastern Washington, Washington State and Western Washington Universities, Evergreen State College and the Universities of Washington at Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma.
SDG #4: Quality education. The pathway to economically sustainable jobs is an inclusive and equitable quality education. Christa Velasquez of the Lumina Impact Ventures describes the challenges that derail individuals from attaining post-secondary education, which is considered the key determinant separating the haves and the have-nots, and David Helene of Edquity illustrates how Lumina’s funds are directly helping students. Andrea Phillips helps Liz and Steve learn what outcomes financing is and its potential to change the impact investing landscape.
Episode Notes
• Links between education attainment and keeping a job during Covid-19.
• How 900,000 new jobs created in March included only 1% for workers with a high school education or less.
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Jill Robinson Kramer
Jill Robinson Kramer serves as owner and principal consultant of JRK Consulting, LLC. Her clients include both local and national nonprofit and education institutions where she focuses on strategic planning, project management, meeting facilitation, evaluation, and grant writing. She started consulting as her primary work more than two years ago so she could spend more time as a baseball, basketball, and robotics mom. Her previous roles include vice president for innovation strategy at Strada Education Network; associate vice president for planning, research, and grants at Ivy Tech Community College; senior program officer at Lumina Foundation for Education; and associate director of special events at the Hudson Institute.