Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2020

Many public college and university leaders will enter the new decade with some hope and confidence in the policy arena, with the tailwinds of a strong national economy, healthier state budgets and state political environments more conducive to investments in higher education. This report examines the most prominent state higher education policy issues for 2020. This report not only includes topics of longstanding concern to state policymakers but also emerging issues that will be new to the state legislatures.