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.