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This guide outlines a four-step agenda that higher education leaders and policymakers are adopting nationwide to help their states address economic challenges through higher education.

  • Step 1: Performance Funding
    Targeted incentives for colleges and universities to graduate more students with quality degrees and credentials.
  • Step 2: Student Incentives
    Strategic use of tuition and financial aid to incentivize course and program completion.
  • Step 3: New Models
    Lower-cost, high-quality approaches substituted for traditional academic delivery whenever possible to increase capacity for serving students.
  • Step 4: Business Efficiencies
    Business practices that produce savings to graduate more students.
An overview of Four Steps to Finishing First

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