New England to Promote College Readiness

Workforce concerns prompt region’s states to establish joint effort.

Worried about the possible shrinkage of their educated workforces in coming decades, the New England states have joined together on a new initiative aimed at preparing more students to tackle college.

Governors of all six states in the region and public university officials have signed on to the goals embraced by the project, called College Ready New England. They include raising high school graduation rates, bolstering college readiness among high school graduates, and increasing college enrollment and college-completion rates. The New England Board of Higher Education, a Boston-based nonprofit the six states founded in the 1950s,...