Reward Institutions Strategy Lab
This Lab provides insight into policies, research and strategies that reward institutions for completion of courses and credentials instead of perpetuating typical funding methods based on student enrollment, previous funding levels, and other factors that have little to do with a school’s quality or effectiveness.
Overview
A summary of how states can shift institutional funding away from inputs toward a system that rewards institutions based on performance outcomes such as the percentage of students that successfully complete a degree program or successfully transfer from a two-year to four-year institution. |
Indiana Story
Interviews with Indiana's policymakers who worked to overhaul the state's higher-education funding formula. |
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Indiana Rewards Colleges
A summary of how Indiana rewards colleges and universities for performance. |
Evolution of Indiana Funding Formula A chart illustrating Indiana's transition to fund its colleges and universities based on performance. |
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Ohio
In 2009 Ohio passed legislation to fund its colleges and universities based solely on the number of courses completed and degrees earned. This approach is being phased-in with differentiated goals and measures based on type of institution. |
Washington In 2006, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges adopted a policy to allocate a portion of its budget to its 34 community and technical colleges based on student progress. It’s a system based on research that identified key achievement hurdles that, once cleared, increase the likelihood that a student will graduate or complete a program. |
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Florida
Since 1997 Florida has had a performance-based program in place for its community colleges. Colleges are funded for performance on measures such as degree completion, transfer rates and graduation rates. |
