The Postsecondary Productivity Strategy Labs (Strategy Labs) provide policymakers the opportunity to join a group of peers to engage in intensive, creative and frank discussions to help identify and pursue solutions to the Postsecondary productivity challenge.

The Strategy Labs connect four strategies essential to increasing the number of students completing postsecondary education:

  • Rewarding institutions that focus on students’ completing quality programs,
  • Rewarding students for completing courses and degree or certificate programs,
  • Expanding and strengthening lower-cost, non-traditional education options, and
  • Investing in institutions that model good business practices.

To learn more about the Strategy Labs, click here or contact HCM Strategists, LLC at productivity@hcmstrategists.com.

National Productivity Conference

Indianapolis, Indiana

Monday, Nov. 15 – Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010

A high-level national conference on getting more high-quality graduates for the money we spend. More →

Arizona

Read about how Arizona's Board of Regents plans to increase the number of graduates from Arizona schools with the dollars available while maintaining quality.

Watch AZ Board of Regents President Ernest Calderon discuss the governor's push for AZ schools to produce more graduates for less money.

Listen to ASU President Michael Crow discuss the future of higher ed and new opportunities in Arizona.

Read more: Plan to get Arizona to produce more graduates (Editorial)

Read about how Indiana applied a performance-based funding model when Gov. Daniels asked for $150 million in cuts at the end of 2009.

View the final budget report for fiscal years 2009 - 2011 from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. See slides 4 through 8 for a more detailed look at performance funding measures.

Read more: Performance (De-)Funding, Indiana’s plan for higher education

Maryland

Learn more about Maryland's efforts to redesign courses to improve first-time pass rates, allow students to move more quickly through courses as they demonstrate proficiency, and increase capacity while keeping costs down.

Read the legislation enacted in Maryland to establish a P-20 council that incorporates leaders from all different sectors - education, government, business - and what its view of success will be.

Related: Access to Success initiative