Posts published on January 9, 2014

Student Success Strategies Despite Tight College Budgets

Investing in Success: Cost-Effective Strategies to Increase Student Success

By Jane Wellman and Rima Brusi

This publication provides advice and planning tools to help educational leaders invest in high-impact practices, despite budget constraints. It presents ways to evaluate both the benefits and costs of high-impact practices, and strategies for investing in innovations. Building on research from the Access to Success initiative and the Delta Cost Project, the authors provide examples of campuses that have made wise investments developing or scaling particular practices, with positive results for student learning, graduation rates, and the bottom line.

Read an excerpt of this publication online.