Taylor Myers joins HCM as a policy fellow where she will work collaboratively with our team on client initiatives to improve postsecondary outcomes.

Marianna Fresquez joins HCM as a policy fellow where she will work collaboratively with our team on client initiatives to improve postsecondary outcomes.

Available now, HCM’s latest report from The Balanced Framework series. This publication serves a practical tool to explore how states can effectively balance two fundamental objectives in higher education finance: adequacy and equity.

Senior Affiliate Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier receives the Friend of the Department Award from the State of Rhode Island Department of Corrections.

HCM CEO and Founding Partner, Kristin Hultquist, is featured in the latest issue of the Association of Governing Board’s Trusteeship Magazine discussing Workforce Pell.

Virginia passes a new law requiring colleges to ask students if they are parents, marking a new opportunity to serve student parents in their academic endeavors better.

HCM CEO and Founding Partner, Kristin Hultquist, speaks on a panel at the ASU+GSV Summit discussing “Wiring the Workforce Pell Era: Building the Infrastructure for Short-Term Credentials”.

HCM releases “Building Sustainable and Effective State Higher Education Finance Systems”

In a new op-ed for Inside Higher Ed, Kristin Hultquist calls on policymakers to implement Workforce Pell in ways that strengthen access to education and training for rural communities.

HCM Director of State Policy and Research, Stephanie Murphy, discusses credentials of value in recent newsletter from The Job.

HCM CEO and Founding Partner, Kristin Hultquist, is featured as an expert in the Chronicle for Higher Education article, “Think Workforce Pell Is a Jackpot? Think Again”.

HCM releases “Lessons (So Far) From Lumina Foundation’s FutureReady States Initiative”

HCM CEO and Founding Partner, Kristin Hultquist, joins The Key with Inside Higher Ed, discussing “What to do About the Pell Grant Running out of Money”.

Victoria Griffin joins HCM as a communications fellow where she will work collaboratively with our team on client initiatives to improve postsecondary outcomes.

HCM CEO and Founding Partner, Kristin Hultquist, is featured as an expert in the Forbes article, “The Jobs Report Tells A Story About The Future Of Work. Are We Listening?”.

Welcome to our newest Senior Affiliate: Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier.

Sukai Kato-Hopkins joins HCM as a policy fellow where she will work collaboratively with our team on client initiatives to improve postsecondary outcomes.

In our first publication of 2026, State Strategies for Scaling Emergency Aid: Insights from a Florida Landscape Analysis, explores how states can expand emergency aid grants as a systemic strategy to support college student retention and completion.

Check out our latest analysis of state investments in short-term credentials, now totaling at least $8.1 billion in cumulative investments.

This is the final issue brief in our series on advancing a state policy agenda for scaling evidence-based practices. It explores states can design policies that expand student supports, facilitate evidence-based success strategies, and dismantle the obstacles that impede learner progress.