Addressing high school graduation rates

The university has a responsibility to improve high school graduation rates, and to increase the number of students, especially minorities, coming to and graduating from our university. The fact that the public high school graduation rate in Arizona is less than 60 percent, and that only 42 percent of Arizona high school graduates are enrolled in college, is clearly a call to action. And we plan to act, by becoming a greater force in the lives of the citizenry, particularly the underserved communities, and in early childhood education, putting more certified teachers in the classrooms, and providing more direction to leaders in education.