Browsing by Author "Dancy, Kim"

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    Informing Improvement: Recommendations for Enhancing Accreditor Data-Use to Promote Student Success and Equity
    Arnold, Nathan; Voight, Mamie; Morales, Jessica; Dancy, Kim; Coleman, Art (The Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019-06-01)
    As the higher education landscape has expanded beyond issues of access and affordability to include an emphasis on student completion and employment outcomes, accreditors can play a leadership role in advancing this important change. A shift to student success that rightfully centers in part on closing equity gaps between low-income students and students of color and their peers ensures that students from all backgrounds have a genuine opportunity to thrive in and after college. In this context, the authors offer three recommendations for proactive steps that accreditors can take to incorporate outcomes-focused, equity-minded data into the entire review cycle to spur more evidence-driven institutional improvement.
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    Opportunity Lost: Net Price and Equity at Public Flagship Institutions
    Mugglestone, Konrad; Dancy, Kim; Voight, Mamie (Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2019-09-01)
    While the best path to economic mobility is still a college degree, higher education remains unaffordable for many of those who could benefit the most. America’s public flagship institutions hold enormous potential for offering an affordable pathway to a high-quality bachelor’s degree. However, the analysis of the net price at these institutions for different types of students finds that many flagships are failing to live up to this promise. Using output from institutional net price calculators for first-year students from different socioeconomic backgrounds and comparing these prices to how much students and their families can afford, the authors find enormous gaps in affordability for all but the wealthiest students.