SLS 15RS-2749 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 209
BY SENATOR CROWE
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Northshore Technical Community College for
achieving a perfect score of 100 in a recent study by The Brookings Institute for providing
"value added" in terms of the earning potential and earning power of its graduates, ranking
it first in the nation in this category.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend the Northshore Technical Community College for achieving a perfect score
3 of one hundred in a recent study by The Brookings Institute for providing "value
4 added" in terms of the earning potential and earning power of its graduates, ranking
5 it first in the nation in this category.
6 WHEREAS, the study by The Brookings Institute entitled "Beyond College
7 Rankings, a value added approach to assessing two and four year schools" used a variety of
8 public and private data sources to identify colleges and universities that provide value added
9 earnings potential for graduates; and
10 WHEREAS, the study examined mid-career earnings of the typical graduate,
11 occupational earnings power of the typical graduate, and the loan repayment rate of the
12 typical graduate; and
13 WHEREAS, for each variable, the highest possible score was one hundred, which
14 indicates that there is a significant and positive difference between what is predicted and
15 what is actually observed; and
16 WHEREAS, the study determined that the expected occupational earning power of
17 the typical Northshore Technical Community College graduate is $62,056, but the actual
18 occupational earning power is $76,849, giving the college a perfect score of one hundred.
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SLS 15RS-2749 ORIGINAL
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
2 does hereby commend the Northshore Technical Community College for achieving a perfect
3 score of one hundred in a recent study by The Brookings Institute for providing "value
4 added" in terms of the earning potential and earning power of its graduates, ranking it first
5 in the nation in this category.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Dr.
7 Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, and
8 Dr. William Wainwright, chancellor of Northshore Technical Community College.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SR 209 Original 2015 Regular Session Crowe
Commends the Northshore Technical Community College for achieving a perfect score of
100 in a recent study by The Brookings Institute for providing "value added" in terms of the
earning potential and earning power of its graduates, ranking it first in the nation in this
category.
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