Performance, Value, and Accountability

This research brief examines the nature, prevalence, and corollaries of the match between education and work among bachelor’s degree recipients.

This brief summarizes the results of two working papers that addressed the problem of using raw graduation rates and degrees produced per expenditure as indicators of effectiveness and efficiency.

This study proposes an alternative efficiency indicator, wherein a common regression method is used to estimate whether educational expenditures are lower or higher than expected, given the institution’s degree production profile, faculty attributes, and differences in the cost of living.

This working paper informs the selection of peer states for performance benchmarking by estimating the degree of similarity among states along three dimensions: population characteristics, capital advantage, and market conditions.