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States push to prove higher-education 'value' through ROI, data and policy levers
Summary
Education Strategy Group and Midwestern Higher Education Compact speakers described a national 'great value shift' in higher education: states are moving from measuring attainment to measuring return on investment, using public data, program review and incentive funding to align programs with labor-market outcomes.
Education-policy experts told a Midwestern Higher Education Compact webinar that states are shifting from assuming higher-education value to proving it through measurable return-on-investment metrics and aligned policy actions.
Dr. Kenyatta Lovett of Education Strategy Group said the field is in a "great value shift" and urged leaders to coalesce around three pivots: shared leadership across higher education and workforce actors, adoption of meaningful measures, and alignment of policy actions to drive postsecondary value. "Value must be proved and not assumed," Lovett said.
Dr. Michael Duzer, also of Education Strategy Group, outlined ESG’s approach to helping states: action planning,…
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