Committee weighs outcomes-based funding and workforce alignment after multi-agency briefings Business and workforce leaders urged the committee to prioritize student work outcomes over degree counts; national advisers and Tennessee's commissioner described outcomes-based funding models, trade-offs and data demands; members raised concerns about winners, losers and protecting institutions that serve high-need students.

Mississippi's education leaders are pushing for a major shift towards outcomes-based funding to better align higher education with workforce needs and boost student success.

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Alabama legislators consider ‘outcomes-based’ model of higher education funding Alabama legislators are exploring alternative methods of funding higher education months after making changes to the way K-12 funding is distributed. The Joint House and Senate Education Committee met Thursday to learn more about a model that partly funds colleges and universities based on predetermined metrics decided by the Legislature in collaboration with institutions of […]

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