College Productivity

Productivity Strategy Labs

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.

New Student Flow and Cost Models, Conference Paper

In conjunction with the 2010 National Productivity Conference, NCHEMS released a tool to help policymakers and higher education leaders estimate how key policy changes can affect higher education costs. View the national model and download state models here.

New in Strategy Labs

Southern Regional Education Board Electronic Campus: A "Free Trade Zone" for Online Learning
Prior Learning Assessment: College Credit for Skills
Louisiana Transfer Associate Degree: Creating Systemic Success

College Productivity in the News

Fred DuVal, Vice Chair of the Arizona Board of Regents, discusses MAPP

New Normal

In an effort to help state policymakers and higher education leaders meet ambitious degree-attainment goals amid a long-term atmosphere of reduced taxpayer support for colleges and universities, Lumina Foundation released “Navigating the New Normal” during the Lumina National Productivity Conference. The paper outlines a set of realistic steps states and institutions can take to thoughtfully align spending with the goals of college access, quality and a better educated population, which would be difficult under usual circumstances.

The latest edition of HCM Strategists' quarterly newsletter, Tracking Momentum, provides examples of how states are acting upon the Four Steps to Finishing First to improve higher education and how and how leaders are addressing the need to graduate more students within existing resources and without sacrificing quality including: