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- College Affordability: Promising State Policies and PracticesSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2017-03-01)Many states are experimenting with mechanisms for making college more affordable while maintaining quality and access. This report examines promising or innovative state programs to improve college affordability and credential attainment. Many of these approaches show innovative thinking and bear watching to see if they result in meaningful outcomes.
- Community Colleges in the South: Strengthening Readiness and PathwaysSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2015-02-01)The full report of SREB’s Community College Commission offers 21 recommendations for states and community colleges. It presents findings on readiness, placement, math standards and structurally guided pathways to help students clearly see entry, exit and re-entry points to continue their education. Recommendations ask states to commit increased funding and hold colleges accountable for improving student services and completion. The goal: increase college access and success so more students earn postsecondary credentials and enter careers in demand in their communities.
- Essential Elements Of State Policy For College Completion: Outcomes-Based FundingSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2012-09-01)Outcomes-based funding awards dollars to public colleges in part based on meeting goals, rather than on enrollment only, and is one strategy states are considering to increase postsecondary completion. Essential Elements of State Policy for College Completion: Outcomes-Based Funding details practices in states across the country, examines the questions policy-makers need to answer if they explore this strategy, and presents SREB’s recommendations for eight essential elements of an effective statewide outcomes-based funding policy aimed at improving completion.
- Measuring Success By Degrees: The Status of College Completion in SREB StatesSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2010)For the last two decades, college degree-attainment rates in both the SREB region and the nation have remained flat. This report, part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, looks at where the SREB region stands on improving two- and four-year degree and certification completion rates. It shows what is at stake if SREB states do not raise these rates and challenges states to take action.Measuring Success by Degrees complements the recent SREB report No Time To Waste: Policy Recommendations for Increasing College Completion, which details how states can meet these challenges.
- Public Higher Education Affordability in The South: Regional Profile 2018Southern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2019-03-01)A synthesis of trends in the SREB region — including tuition, graduation rates, family income and financial aid — to help state policymakers assess the affordability issue and the need to address it.
- Statewide Transfer Policies: Essential Elements Of State Policy For College CompletionSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2013-03-01)College students face many barriers transferring from one institution to another — which can increase cost and time for students and raise the likelihood they may drop out before graduation. This report details best practices in state policy across the SREB region, examines the questions policymakers need to answer when updating transfer policies, and presents SREB’s recommendations on the essential elements of a clear, seamless and comprehensive statewide transfer policy.
- Workforce-Driven Financial Aid: Policies and StrategiesSouthern Regional Education Board (Southern Regional Education Board, 2019-09-01)The rapidly evolving workplace has created a shortage of skilled and educated workers in many fields, leaving essential jobs unfilled and millions of adults unqualified for them. This policy brief summarizes statewide strategies to support financial assistance for students in programs designed to address workforce needs. It includes suggestions for states that are evaluating, or considering creating, workforce-driven financial aid policies.