Resources
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Driving Better Outcomes: Fiscal Year 2018 State Status & Typology Update
The 2015 report “Driving Better Outcomes: Typology and Principles to Inform Outcomes Based Funding Models,” established a comprehensive typology of outcomes-based funding (OBF) models and a state-by-state classification of funding systems according to the typology. The 2016 update of “Driving Better Outcomes” provided an enhanced typology informed by continued engagement with state policymakers and promising practices ... [more]
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State Finance Policy Best Practices
For most states, increasing postsecondary attainment over the coming decade will require altering the traditional paradigm of postsecondary education, expanding how education is delivered and the types of students that postsecondary education typically serves. State Finance Policy Best Practices provides a comprehensive overview for policymakers and higher education leaders to support the development of finance ... [more]
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Driving Better Outcomes: Fiscal Year 2016 State Status & Typology Update
The current economic climate and need for expanded access and completion for all students, especially underserved populations, in higher education have sparked renewed interest in outcomes-based funding (OBF) policies, which tie a portion of state funding to institutional performance metrics. Today 30 states are developing or implementing OBF policies. HCM Strategists’ Martha Snyder and her ... [more]
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State Policy Approaches to Support Prior Learning Assessment
State leaders are increasingly aware of the value of prior learning assessment (PLA) in helping adult learners complete a degree faster and at a lower cost. Many are taking steps to encourage the offering and use of PLA throughout entire systems of colleges and universities. This guide is intended to serve as a resource for ... [more]
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Driving Better Outcomes: Aligning State Investments With Completion Needs
The current economic climate and need for expanded access and completion for all students, especially underserved populations, in higher education have sparked renewed interest in outcomes-based funding (OBF) policies, which tie a portion of state funding to institutional performance metrics. The report, Driving Better Outcomes: Typology and Principles to Inform Outcomes-Based Funding Models, provides a history of ... [more]
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Driving Better Outcomes: Typology and Principles to Inform Outcomes-Based Funding Models
The current economic climate and need for expanded access and completion for all students, especially underserved populations, in higher education have sparked renewed interest in outcomes-based funding (OBF) policies, which tie a portion of state funding to institutional performance metrics. Today, more than two-thirds of states are developing or implementing OBF policies. In a report ... [more]
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Strategy Labs
Strategy Labs is a Lumina Foundation-supported platform for leaders and influencers in all 50 states to come together to share research, data and professional experiences to advance Goal 2025. That goal is to increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025. Strategy Labs enables ... [more]
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Back to Basics: HIV/AIDS Advocacy as a Model for Catalyzing Change
Back to Basics explores how the HIV/AIDS advocacy movement revolutionized patient engagement. While there is a vast archive of information documenting this period, this analysis is the first to study the tactics and strategies employed by the activists as it impacts medical research, to see whether it could be effective today. Together with Faster Cures, HCM Strategists conducted extensive ... [more]
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