Clay Robbins fits that description, although he'd be the last person to tell you. Noting that the state ranks 47th in its percentage of adults with a baccalaureate degree, he possesses a firm understanding of Indiana's educational obstacles and a vision of how to overcome them. We all must awaken a larger portion of the public to the importance of education to our future quality of life. We must be able to compete on the world stage-not just beat the standards of the next county or state. Yet generating enthusiasm for Indiana colleges is only part of the problem.
Eager students continue to arrive at college unprepared to succeed in the classroom.
Reacting to that trend, the Endowment has issued a grant that results in sending feedback to Indiana high schools. The reports explain how students from those school districts are performing at Indiana colleges compared to graduates of other Indiana high schools. In addition, the Endowment is looking beyond traditional groups to help prepare youngsters for college. We are trying to stress that our state needs them to help solve this problem and that such help may require that the conventional boundaries of institutions be stretched. Religion to the Fore Similar in scope to the Education Division, Lilly Endowment's Religion Division strives to strengthen the quality of the ministry.