St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Tuajuanda C. Jordan is co-chair of a newly established Carnegie Postsecondary Commission. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in partnership with the XQ Institute, announced members of the commission Wednesday, June 14.
Comprised of diverse leaders in higher education as well as K12, the Commission aims to identify the most effective ways to help millions of low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation college students achieve their postsecondary education goals and secure meaningful careers. The Commission will focus on scalable, affordable, career-aligned higher education models; technology-powered teaching and learning methods; pathways that blur the boundaries between secondary, postsecondary, and work; and policy ideas that promote equity and greater opportunity for low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students.
President Jordan and Shirley M. Collado, President & CEO of College Track and Carnegie Senior Fellow will co-chair the commission.
“An engaging and holistic educational experience is the great democratizer. In this country, we have the potential to make this a reality but have continually fallen short,” Jordan remarked. “Solving persistent challenges requires an understanding of the systems that perpetuate the issues, experience successfully navigating the complexities, and a propensity for creative thinking. The members of the Commission exhibit all these characteristics. Individually, each has forged a path that has lowered the barriers to success for future generations.” For the next two years, the Commission will create a series of “action papers” to provoke critical discussion, create visibility, and spur action for innovative solutions to make the postsecondary sector a more vital engine of upward mobility and economic opportunity.
The Commission will also promote and draw attention to some of the country’s most promising ideas, models, and solutions so that they may be scaled widely in more settings.
Learn more about the commission and its members on the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching website.
