College Completion Strategy Guide

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Reform Costs & Implementation

What does it take to implement a new policy or intervention? These briefs share broad lessons for enacting reforms in postsecondary education.

August 2022 | Reform Costs & Implementation

Using Statewide Learning Agendas to Foster Equity and Success in Postsecondary Education

Kate Tromble, Katie Beal

A learning agenda is an outline of a state’s research priorities. This brief discusses how a state can use a learning agenda to direct investments toward proven interventions and foster equitable student success.
June 2022 | Reform Costs & Implementation

Under Audit: Equity Audits in State Higher Education Finance

Sophia Laderman

State higher education funding is strongly linked with college completion. However, states often distribute funding inequitably, providing fewer resources to institutions that predominantly serve students of color and those with low incomes. This brief explores “state finance equity audits,” which states can use to assess and correct inequities in funding.
June 2022 | Reform Costs & Implementation

Creating Stronger Student Success Interventions Through Financial Forecasting

Austin Slaughter

Leaning on a robust body of evidence, this brief offers suggestions to policymakers, college administrators, and researchers for forecasting the financial impact of new interventions in postsecondary education, based on the interventions’ costs and their ability to keep more students enrolled, generate tuition revenue and state funding, and improve outcomes.

Supporters

We are grateful to the following organizations for their generous support of the College Completion Fund Project, which includes the work described here and additional work related to the College Completion Fund.

Arnold Ventures
Ascendium Education Group
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ECMC Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Lumina Foundation

Contact

Interested in learning more about the College Completion Strategy Guide or the College Completion Fund Project? Email us at [email protected].