To support state efforts to close postsecondary attainment equity gaps for students of color, RFA has developed a framework that describes three drivers behind efforts to place racial equity at the center of postsecondary ...

This report focuses on how postsecondary institutions engaged with Talent, Innovation, and Equity (TIE). Specifically, the report describes how policymakers from Tennessee and Colorado’s state higher education agencies ...

The country’s structures for assuring the quality of college degrees and other credentials awarded after high school no longer meet the needs of today’s students, society, or the economy. Policies and practices must be ...

This report is based on research examining the implementation of the Talent, Innovation, and Equity (TIE) in Tennessee and Colorado conducted from date to date. The third in a series of reports, RFA’s analysis draws from ...

Short-term credentials, including college-level certificates and industry-recognized certifications, generally take less time and money to earn than degrees. This report points out that short-term credentials still meet ...

Economists, policymakers and other experts spend a great deal of time talking about the “future of work,” but in many ways, the future is already here. Profound changes are already affecting our workforce and economy, ...

A lack of access to high-quality learning opportunities after high school with adequate academic, financial, and social supports has denied Black, Hispanic, and Native American people opportunities to advance economically ...