May 1, 2019
Quality Assurance and Improvement in Higher Education: The Role of the States
by David Tandberg & Rebecca Martin
Higher education is facing a host of challenges, including external questions regarding its value and purpose. These questions cut to the core of the states’ role in higher education. Traditionally, states have the responsibility to ensure that institutions of higher education are operating in the public interest and that the institutions are good stewards of their public resources. Central to this responsibility is the question of institutional and educational quality.…
Read moreApril 26, 2019
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Names Interim Chancellor
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — During its regularly scheduled meeting today, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) named Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker, Chancellor of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System (CTCS), as interim chancellor of the Commission. This will be a dual role, and Tucker will continue as the chancellor of the CTCS. She succeeds Carolyn Long who has served in the role since July 2018. Read…
Read moreApril 24, 2019
SHEEO Releases Strong Foundations 2018: The State of State Postsecondary Data Systems
Since 2010, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has periodically administered the Strong Foundations survey, which documents the content, structure, and effective use of state postsecondary student unit record systems (PSURSs). This report highlights the results of the fourth administration of the survey, conducted in 2018. The most recent report highlights states’ abilities to calculate performance metrics, an examination of which educational sectors are covered by these systems, and an…
Read moreApril 10, 2019
Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Strengthening Accountability to Protect Students and Taxpayers
by David Tandberg
Testimony Provided to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions I have been asked to address the issue of accountability in higher education. Among its many obligations, government has one central role in society: The provision of the public good. Higher education benefits society generally, and college graduates directly, in a multitude of ways. In those regards, the U.S. higher education system is performing exceptionally well.…
Read moreApril 9, 2019
SHEF 2018 Case Study: Ten Years Out: State Recovery from the Great Recession
by Sophia Laderman
This case study provides an analysis of how well states have recovered from the Great Recession. We consider the depth of cuts in state funding, recovery of total educational revenues and the sources of that recovery, and changes in state financial aid.
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