Given Half a Chance: the Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males
Equity of resources and quality of programs are to blame for low high school graduation rates of blacks, according to this Schott Foundation report. The report suggests monitoring the distribution of education funds in states where less than half of More »
Second to None in Attainment, Discovery, and Innovation: the National Agenda for Higher Education
This white paper from the State Higher Education Executive Officers proposes two higher education goals for the next U.S. president: producing 1 million more college degrees and certificates annually and positioning the United States as a world leader in education. More »
Data Notes July/August 2008
Developmental education programs are powerful in helping academically underprepared high school students enhance their skills. This Achieving the Dream publication suggests that getting students who need remediation to enroll in the appropriate classes sooner rather than later, and then doing More »
Funding Issues in U.S. Community Colleges: Findings from a 2007 Survey of the National State Directors of Community Colleges
Rising tuition costs and enrollment caps at four-year institutions are pushing more students to community colleges. This phenomenon creates challenges because many two-year schools face cuts in state support and other funding resources. This publication, from the American Association of More »
Denied: Community College Students Lack Access to Affordable Loans
About a quarter of America’s community colleges do not participate in the federal student loan program, leaving more than 1 million community college students-many of whom are minorities and low-income students-without access to lower cost and fixed interest-rate loans. This More »
Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financing Policy: Case Studies from the Changing Direction Technical Assistance States
When state and federal investments in higher education are aligned and integrated, student success in higher education is maximized. WICHE’s Changing Direction project has compiled 14 state case studies that chronicle lessons learned during the seven-year project. WICHE worked with More »
Contemporary HBCUs: Considering Institutional Capacities and State Priorities
Historically Black Institutions (HBCUs) represent less than 3 percent of all postsecondary institutions and produce 25 percent of African-American graduates. This study contends that traditional funding formulas that appropriate resources based on size and numbers of academic programs effectively maintain More »
Adult Learning in Focus: National and State-by-State Data
Better jobs and a higher standard of living depend on an educated workforce. Yet in 35 states, more than 60 percent of the adult population has not completed an associate’s degree or higher. This report examines how states compare in More »
The Growing Imbalance: Recent trends in U.S. postsecondary education finance
This report by the Delta Project suggests that colleges and universities spend only a fraction of their budgets on efforts that support direct instructional costs of students. It examines spending patterns at several types of institutions and finds gaps among More »
A Duty to Dream: Lumina Foundation's 2007 Annual Report
Lumina Foundation’s 2007 Annual Report
