The unstable funding of higher education exacerbated by current damaging environmental contexts has created a need to rethink current approaches and opportunities regarding the financing of higher education. States and campuses must strategically leverage the current significant federal investments to meet their postsecondary objectives including closing equity gaps and increasing student access and success. This process will provide the foundation for a more robust state, federal, and campus partnership coordinated by state higher education offices to maximize the ability to create a "whole of government" approach to meeting student's needs.