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Officials press for sustainable funding for cohort 'Montana 10' student-success program
Summary
OCHE staff reported that cohort-based student-support pilots begun in 2021 have doubled on-time graduation for 2-year cohorts and now serve 1,200 students statewide; the agency seeks a sustainable appropriation and is discussing HB 2 options with the executive branch.
Officials from the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education told the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education that a cohort-based student-support model piloted beginning in 2021 produced measurable gains and now requires stable funding to scale and sustain the work.
Joe Thiel of OCHE summarized the results and program expansion: the pilot began with a 200-student cohort in 2021; it "doubled on time graduation for 2 year students in that cohort" and closed retention and completion gaps in the study population. OCHE said the program has expanded with a…
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