State Updates

Find out what funded states are doing and learning during Lumina Foundation's multi-year productivity effort.

February 2011
The report, produced by SPEC Associates, is the first evidence-based look at the higher education productivity work across seven states that received four-year grants from Lumina Foundation to pursue state-specific productivity agendas.  ... Read More >>
November 2009
What States Are Doing To Increase Productivity In Higher Education? ARIZONA Increase and Reward Completion – The state’s board of regents is leading an effort to design a simplified, student-level state funding model that will create incentives for... Read More >>
July 2009
States need buy-in from multiple constituencies to advance a productivity agenda. But recent research by Public Agenda illustrates the difficulty that states will face in building strong and diverse coalitions. In The Iron Triangle, many college... Read More >>
March 2009
In his first address to Congress, President Obama stated that one of his top priorities will be to ensure that the United States once again leads the world in having a college-educated population. Over the last several months, 11 states have been... Read More >>