A report prepared by CEO for Cities for Lumina Foundation for Education
Through ethnographic research on pre-graduates and interviews with experts, opportunities for increasing access to college and college attainment were identified. From this research ideation salons were held to develop 101 new ideas for reclaiming a nation of pre-graduates.
View the Webinar | A Webinar focused on how to explore the dialogue between policymakers and higher education officials and learn how embracing efforts to make higher education more efficient and cost effective can benefit students, institutions and taxpayers alike, especially as an alternative to reducing capacity and raising tuition during tight fiscal times. Panelists Lana Oleen (a higher education advisor and former Kansas Senate Majority Leader), Bob Hawks (Montana Senate), Greg Nichols (former Iowa SHEEO), and Julie Bell (education program leader for the National Conference of State Legislatures) discuss how higher education is perceived by legislators; how to talk about productivity with legislators, including what not to say; and legislative trends that will affect higher education advocacy efforts.
A report by John Immerwahr and Jean Johnson, with Amber Ott and Jonathan Rochkind by Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, supported by Lumina Foundation for Education. Together with other recent trends, these findings suggest that many Americans are becoming more skeptical about whether colleges and universities are doing all that they can to control costs and keep tuition affordable. It may also indicate that Americans will be increasingly less receptive to the argument that higher education institutions need more money to continue to provide higher quality services.
This report is a follow-up to the 2007 and 2009 Squeeze Play reports.
A report prepared by CEO for Cities, with support from Lumina Foundation for Education. The objective of this report is to provide quantitative estimates of the economic gains that metropolitan areas and cities could achieve by improving their performance in talent, sustainability and opportunity, or what is called City Dividends.
A report prepared by Jobs for the Future and Delta Project on Postsecondary Costs, Productivity and Accountability focused on exploring whether first-year programs designed to retain students are a cost-effective investments for colleges and universities.
A report prepared by Sandy Baum for Making Opportunity Affordable. Paying for College makes a start at advancing the productivity conversation. It outlines a simple framework for understanding concepts in college costs. Developing both clear language to describe the central elements of college finance and adequate data to measure and compare trends are key components of the process. The paper also reviews basic college finance concepts, explains existing evidence about costs, and describes some of the gaps in available data. The goal is to lay the groundwork for constructive efforts to hold down costs without compromising quality or educational opportunities.
A "tip sheet" prepared by HCM Strategists for Making Opportunity Affordable.
This report discusses performance funding strategies with state examples provided.
A report prepared by Education Sector, with support from Lumina Foundation for Education.
In 2008 and 2009, Education Sector conducted a comprehensive analysis of higher education accountability systems in all fifty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This report summarizes that analysis. Comprehensive report cards for each state, as well as individual reports summarizing all state grades in each category, are also available from Education Sector.
An Issue Brief prepared by the Delta Cost Project for Making Opportunity Affordable.
One of the barriers to improved cost accountability lies in the metrics of cost analysis. In the hope of advancing the discussion, the Delta Project has developed several recommendations for aggregate measures of costs for policy audiences.
An Issue Brief prepared by the Delta Cost Project for Making Opportunity Affordable. To understand why tuitions are increasing at institutions of higher education, policymakers need to look at the relationships between and among cost, price and subsidy. This brief explains how to understand those relationships, what the trend data show at a national level, places to go for more information, and questions to ask.