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Developing and Maintaining the Information Infrastructure for State Level Higher Education Policymaking |
Jones, Dennis P. - Paulson, Karen |
2001 |
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Good policymaking requires information that is both accurate and relevant to the decisionmaking process. This is true whether the decisions are to be made at the national, state, or institutional levels. Because higher education is primarily a state-level responsibility, sound higher education policy depends particularly on the availability of information that supports decisionmaking at this level. Poor information at the state level can result in decisions that negatively affect large numbers of students, institutions, and citizens in multiple ways. Relevant information enables substantive discourse, dialogue, and debate about key policy issues in higher education. |
Prepared with Support from The Ford Foundation |
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As America Becomes More Diverse: The Impact of State Higher Education Inequality |
Kelly, Patrick J. |
2005 |
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In America, values of social justice and equal opportunity should be sufficient reason to drive us toward equality in higher education. But there also are economic reasons to address this issue.This report focuses largely on the latter and clearly exposes our failures and the pressing need to improve.With few exceptions, it is now critical for individuals to attain some level of education beyond high school in order to experience a middle-class lifestyle and for the states in which they live to compete in the global economy. Increased educational attainment results in higher personal income, a better-skilled and more adaptable workforce, fewer demands on social services, higher levels of community involvement, and better decisions regarding healthcare and personal finance (National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2004). At a time when higher education is increasingly important, some visible race/ethnic groups are consistently in the have not category of our society. |
With support from the Lumina Foundation. |
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A New Look at the Institutional Component of Higher Education Finance: A Guide for Evaluating Performance Relative to Financial Resources |
Kelly, Patrick J. - Jones, Dennis P. |
2005 |
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Although state and local governments are working their way out of fiscal crises precipitated bythe national recession of 2001 and the stock market declines of 2000 through 2002, public higher education remains in steep competition with other public sectors for continued state support. These are not entirely unusual times for public higher education. It has on several occasions throughout history dealt with and recovered from economic downturns that have squeezed many sources of revenue. However, the most recent recovery is accompanied by rising costs in healthcare, corrections, and sustained efforts to maintain support for K-12 education, leaving higher education as the largest discretionary item in many state budgets. Because of these constraints, there is a general feeling among many state policymakers that higher education is not likely to recover its support as quickly as it has in past economic recessions.Revised 2007. |
With Support from The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
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Conceptualizing and Researching the Educational Pipeline |
Ewell, Peter T. - Jones, Dennis P. - Kelly, Patrick J. |
2003 |
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While there has been much written about dropout from high school and student retention in college as separate phenomena, little conceptual or empirical work examines how the two fit together. Thinking about this matter is timely for at least two reasons. First, the reform movement in standards-based education for K-12 educationis beginning to foster significant discussions about the transition between high school and college in many states a policy agenda usually termed K-16. Second, state and national leaders also have a renewed interest in enhancing educational attainment, not just from an educational perspective, but as a key social asset.Partly stimulated by such publications as Measuring Up (National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education, 2000, 2002), governors and other policymakers are increasingly viewing high levels of educational capital as key to the economic development of their states and the quality of life of their citizens. |
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As America Becomes More Diverse: The Impact of State Higher Education Inequality (Presentation) |
Kelly, Patrick J. |
2005 |
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PowerPoint Presentation to the NCES/SHEEO Network Conference, April 12, 2005. |
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Accountability: The Latest (and Greatest) Challenge for Online Learning? (Presentation) |
Hardy, Darcy - Chaloux, Bruce - Paulson, Karen - Robinson, Rob |
2006 |
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Presented at WCET 18th Annual Conference, 2006. |
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Where's the Data? Conducting a First-Year Data Audit (Presentation) |
Paulson, Karen |
2002 |
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PowerPoint presentation for the Policy Center for the First Year of College, Ashville, NC, July 2002. |
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Mounting Pressures Facing the U.S. Workforce and the Increasing Need for Adult Education and Literacy (Presentation) |
Kelly, Patrick J. |
2007 |
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Presented at the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Conference, Summer 2007. |
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Indiana's Adult Education and Workforce Skills Performance Report: Preparing Adults for a Brighter Future |
Kelly, Patrick J. |
2008 |
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Like most Midwestern states, Indiana's history is rooted in the pre-industrial and industrial economiesin which it competed quite well in the production, transportation, and agricultural industries. It nowstands at a crossroads, where it can embrace its past but must prepare for the challenges ahead. Thenew road to success will rely largely on the creation and retention of knowledge-based jobs and theskilled workers needed to fill them. Even within traditional industries like manufacturing andextraction, low-skilled jobs are moving offshore or being replaced by technology, while the jobsremaining require more education than ever before. |
A report from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Developed by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, With Support from The Joyce Foundation |
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Beyond Social Justice: The Threat of Inequality to Workforce Development in the Western United States |
Kelly, Patrick J. |
2008 |
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For many years, the most fervent arguments for racial/ethnic equality have been crafted on ethical grounds it is just the right thing to do. But increasingly our ability to reduce the racial/ethnic gaps between Whitenon-Hispanics and minorities does not just serve the interests of social justice; it is also crucial to economicwell-being in the West. The following questions are addressed in this the report: *What are the current education gaps between minorities and White non-Hispanics? *How well do we prepare certain minorities for high-skill, high-wage jobs? *What is their status in the workforce as a result? *Has their status in the workforce improved for recent generations? *What would be the impact if we improved our ability to educate these disadvantaged populations? |
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