Supporting a System-Wide Student Success Agenda
by Lori Prince Hagood, research associate, Research & Policy Analysis, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia (USG), in an effort to raise statewide degree attainment to 60% by 2025, has launched an ambitious set of system-led student success projects. This work began in earnest in 2011 with the Complete College Georgia (CCG) initiative, in partnership with Complete College America, and has expanded over the last two years to include the Momentum Year, a collection of first-year efforts designed to improve student…
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Making a Case for Using Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) Ranges in State Data Systems
by Sherry Proper, financial aid and policy & strategy specialist, University of Hawaiʻi System
College affordability through the implementation of various financial aid programs has been the goal of not only the federal government, but also of state governments, numerous philanthropic organizations, and many individual postsecondary institutions. Financial aid data, especially metrics regarding unmet need, can be very helpful in determining the effectiveness of financial aid awarding strategies on college affordability. The University of Hawai‘i has developed several metrics around the use of EFC…
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