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    The 2016 Proposals for Higher Education: A View from the States: A Preliminary Report from a Special Section of the 2016 National Survey of Access and Finance Issues
    (Education Policy Center, 2016-11) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Adair, J. Lucas; Qiao, Fei; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    This report is based upon the first 36 responses received from the2016 National Survey of Access and Finance Issues conducted bythe Education Policy Center (EPC) at the University of Alabama.Since 2007, the EPC has conducted annual surveys of members of theNational Council of State Directors of Community Colleges (NCSDCC). Atleast 49 of 51 possible responses have been obtained each year. NCSDCCmember’s knowledge of higher education access and finance issues extendswell beyond their own sector. Community colleges are a portal for millions ofacademically-talented, first-generation, minority, and low-income high schoolgraduates to higher education and the American dream.This report examines federal issues in higher education, including specificissues in the battleground states of the 2016 election (the 14 states definedby Real Clear Politics). This analysis contains 8 of the 14 battleground states.Further analysis of all 14-battleground states is forthcoming.
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    After the Great Recession: Higher Education's New Normal: An Analysis of National Surveys of Access and Finance Issues, 2011 to 2015
    (Education Policy Center, 2016-01) Katsinas, Stephen G.; D'Amico, Mark M.; Friedel, Janice N.; Adair, J. Lucas; Warner, Jake L.; Malley, Michael S.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    This report draws upon National Surveys of Access and Finance Issues for the five years following the end of federal stimulus funding during the Great Recession. What has happed to public education and why? We find the following:The economic recovery following the Great Recession continues: In 2015 legislative sessions, respondents from just ten states report “Recession, producing a decline in state revenues” as a top budget driver, the lowest rating since 2006. As in 20147, during 2015 state legislative sessions, Elementary and Secondary Education and Medicaid were the top two budget drivers. Respondents from just six states report mid-year cuts at their public community colleges and regional and flagship universities.
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    Alabama Articulation and General Studies Committee & Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System: Evaluation Project Final Report
    (Education Policy Center, 2016-09-30) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel P.; Dotherow, James E.; Malley, Michael S.; Warner, Jake L.; Adair, J. Lucas; Roberts, John; Phillips, Undre V.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    This evaluation essentially revolves around two key questions: How are we doing? & Where do we go from here?In considering these questions, it is imperative to differentiate between the terms “accountability” and “responsibility,” which all too often are used interchangeably. In determining the duties for which the AGSC&STARS are accountable, we find nearly unanimous compliance, and this is addressed in the first three guiding questions of the evaluation set forth by the five-member AGSC External Review Subcommittee:Is the AGSC&STARS program effective in meeting the legislative intent stated in Act 94-202, the original authorizing legislation?Were the recommendations that were made in the 2002 evaluation followed?Are key constituents satisfied with the services provided by AGSC&STARS?What recommendations does our study team have for improvements?
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    The Economic & Social Impacts of Alabama Public Higher Education
    Katsinas, Stephen G.; Koh, Jonathan P.; Murphy, David S.; Lacey, Vincent A.; Fincher, Mark E.; DeMonBrun, R. Matthew; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Breaux, Arleene P.; Malley, Michael S. Jr.; Adair, J. Lucas; Shedd, Louis E.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    The Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama has completed an objective analysis to determine whether there is a quantifiable relationship between the funding of Alabama’s universities and the per capita income of Alabama’s citizens. The study revealed a statistically signifcant relationship. Alabama’s state-wide per capita income rises in direct proportion to Alabama’s funding of its public higher education institutions. Alabama gains a quantifiable return on its investment in higher education. Simply put, the more Alabama spends on universities, the better off Alabamians will be.