Addressing Opportunity in Wisconsin's Four-Year Universities: A Comparative Analysis of State College Access Programs. WISCAPE Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Stransky, Beth; Good, Annalee
Institution	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education
Titel	Addressing Opportunity in Wisconsin's Four-Year Universities: A Comparative Analysis of State College Access Programs. WISCAPE Policy Brief
Quelle	(2009), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; State Programs; State Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Access to Education; Paying for College; Student Financial Aid; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Organizational Objectives; Efficiency; Intervention; Models; Change Strategies; Program Descriptions; Audits (Verification); Georgia; Indiana; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Regierungsprogramm; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Studienfinanzierung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienförderung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Analogiemodell; Lösungsstrategie
Abstract	This brief explores three examples of state policies designed to help students and families cope with rising tuition costs at four-year institutions: the Wisconsin Covenant, the Georgia HOPE Scholarship Program, and the Indiana Twenty-first Century Scholars Program. Although the authors acknowledge the important role two-year colleges play in Wisconsin's higher education system, they have chosen to limit the scope of this analysis to public four-year colleges and universities. Policy directed at increasing access has traditionally focused on these institutions because they offer the most direct route to a bachelor's degree, which in turn can provide financial rewards for the individual and the state. They evaluate the Covenant, a relatively new state program, in comparison to Twenty-first Century Scholars and HOPE--two of the first and longest-standing state scholarship programs focused on access to higher education--in terms of efficiency, equity, and political feasibility. They recommend that the state of Wisconsin adopt a hybrid model--one that integrates components of the existing Wisconsin Covenant with state scholarships targeted to low-income students--in order to provide students, families, the higher education system, and the state with the highest levels of efficiency and equity. Appended are: (1) Returns to a Bachelor's Degree; (2) Selected State Scholarship Programs; and (3) Policy Goal Matrices. (Contains 4 tables and 18 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 326 Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1386. Tel: 608-265-6342; Fax: 608-262-4881; e-mail: wiscape-info@education.wisc.edu; Web site: http://www.wiscape.wisc.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10