• Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, will address rising tuition costs and college-attainment rates at a National Governor’s Association conference tomorrow.
• The NGA reports that 40 states have made cuts to higher education funds despite the average 15% tuition increase, and though there was a decrease in degree-holding 25-34 year olds during the 2008 recession, the U.S college-attainment rate has increased by .5%.
• With the U.S. hoping to increase the number of college graduates to 60 percent in the next 10 years, Duncan maintains that it will take federal, state and institutional collaborative efforts to make college affordable for students, and to move the United States’ ranking from 16 to 1 in the percentage of college-graduates.

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While college-completion rates are increasing, the rising cost of tuition is pushing higher education out of reach for increasing numbers of families, according to statements Education Secretary Arne Duncan is expected to make at a National Governor's Association conference in Williamsburg, Va., tomorrow. …