New Release: The Four Components of HCM’s Balanced Framework for State Higher Education Finance

Building on our Balanced Framework for State Higher Education Funding series, we are releasing four new policy briefs that take a closer look at each of the framework’s essential components: Core Costs, Enrollment, Progression & Outcomes, and Mission Differentiation.

Designed as practical resources for policymakers, each brief explores what its component captures, why it matters to state funding policy, and the key questions policymakers should consider in applying it. Together, the four briefs illustrate how these components work in concert to support a strategic approach to higher education funding.

Four Key Components, One Balanced Approach

Through state examples and key policy considerations, each publication highlights how states can consider and incorporate each component as part of a larger, integrated approach to higher education funding. Read them below.