ERIC Number: ED660718
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
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Transforming at Scale: How AASCU's Student Success Equity Intensive Promotes Equitable Postsecondary Value
Prateek Basavaraj; Morgan Taylor
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
This work builds upon the work of the Postsecondary Value Commission (PVC), a group founded in 2019 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Consisting of 30 leaders in higher education, including AASCU's former president Mildred García who served as co-chair, the PVC came together to answer the question "what is college worth?" by crafting a definition of postsecondary value, developing a way to measure postsecondary value, and developing a set of policy and practice recommendations designed to improve postsecondary value. Their charge resulted in the creation of the Postsecondary Value Framework (PVF), which includes a set of metrics or "thresholds" that measure the economic return of a student having attended college. In addition, the PVF includes noneconomic returns for both students and broader society. With the work of the PVC as a foundation, the Institute for Higher Education Policy created an interactive data tool called the Equitable Value Explorer (EVE) to help the field of higher education measure postsecondary value. To this end, this paper seeks to explore how the Student Success Equity Intensive contributes to delivery of equitable postsecondary value through institutional transformation. To do so, the paper will answer the following questions: (1) What institutional capacities were perceived as crucial (or of highest need) at institutions participating in SSEI to close equity gaps for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income students?; (2) How do student economic outcomes and EVE thresholds at SSEI-participating institutions compare? What variance do we see among minority-serving institutions (MSIs) that are SSEI participants?; and (3) What are the implications based on institutional capacities, student outcomes, and economic returns to improving equitable student success at regional comprehensive universities? In what ways can participation in SSEI increase an institution's capacity for equitable delivery of postsecondary value?
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Higher Education, Leadership, Outcomes of Education, Policy Formation, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Equal Education, College Attendance, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Minority Group Students, Comparative Analysis, Minority Serving Institutions, Institutional Characteristics, Organizational Change, Economic Factors, State Colleges, State Universities, National Organizations, Information Technology, Educational Finance, Strategic Planning, Resource Allocation, Capacity Building
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Authoring Institution: American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
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