August 15, 2018
MHEC Policy Brief: Evaluating State Funding Effort for Higher Education
by David A. Tandberg & Sophia A. Laderman
Higher education makes important contributions to the betterment of society and to the lives of individuals. On a societal level, higher education supplies an educated citizenry and workforce. For individuals, higher education provides an opportunity for personal development, fulfillment, and economic mobility. States play a large role in helping public colleges and universities fulfill these promised benefits: in 2017, states spent more than $86 billion on appropriations to higher education…
Read moreJuly 10, 2018
SHEEO Announces Inaugural Excellence Awards Winners
Park City, Utah – As members of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) convened at the association’s 65th Annual Meeting in Park City, Utah, officials from SHEEO announced the winners of the organization’s inaugural SHEEO Excellence Awards. The awards recognize the leadership, dedication, and innovation of exceptional SHEEOs, agency staff, and agencies at a time when state policy success is increasingly linked to student success and, in turn, states’ economic…
Read moreMarch 29, 2018
SHEEO releases state higher education finance FY 2017
by Andy Carlson, Vice President of Finance Policy and Member Services State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO)
STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE: FY 2017 CONTACT:Andy Carlsonacarlson@sheeo.org (303) 541-1607 For the first time, students are shouldering the majority of higher education costs, despite increases in state and local support, report findsState Higher Education Finance (SHEF) examines the trends, context and consequences of state higher education funding decisions in FY 2017. BOULDER, Colorado — In FY 2017, for the first time in our nation’s history, more than half of all states relied…
Read moreMarch 6, 2018
SHEEO announces the first annual SHEEO Excellence Awards
SHEEO Excellence Awards SHEEO announces the first annual SHEEO Excellence Awards, which recognize the leadership, dedication, and innovation of exceptional SHEEOs, agency staff, and agencies.The Excellence Awards are: Exceptional Leader Award – Presented to a current state higher education executive officer from a member agency who has shown exceptional leadership, a commitment to higher education, a contribution to the greater good, and service to the SHEEO Association within the last year.Exceptional…
Read moreFebruary 27, 2018
SHEEO joins others to support reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students
Thirty-eight research, advocacy, justice organizations and professionals call on federal lawmakers to help incarcerated students access the transformative benefits of postsecondary education by reinstating Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students; and eliminating Question 23 on the FAFSA (drug conviction question) and removing consideration of drug offenses from the financial aid process.
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