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SUMMARY:Informing Policy Development About Equitable Funding Levels for Tex
 as Community Colleges
DESCRIPTION:Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. Central Time Location: Virtual Public comm
 unity colleges serve a vital role in offering individuals from various soc
 ial backgrounds enhanced opportunities in the labor market and subsequent 
 financial stability. Determining how to fund community colleges in an adeq
 uate and equitable manner to achieve the desired outcomes for students is 
 a hotly debated issue. In Texas\, the Success Points funding system calcul
 ates the distribution of state dollars to community colleges. Points are b
 ased on outcomes such as students' successful completion of credits\, tran
 sfers from two-year general education to four-year degree programs\, and c
 ompletion of two-year degree programs. However\, performance-based funding
  systems such as Success Points do not take into account that the cost of 
 reaching outcome goals will likely vary based on student characteristics a
 nd context--factors that have long been considered in K?12 funding policy.
  This webinar will highlight findings from REL Southwest's research report
  An Examination of the Costs of Texas Community Colleges. Professor Rick K
 ahlenberg will discuss the importance of community colleges for socioecono
 mic mobility. Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller will 
 describe the key policy issues that led to the state's need for community 
 college funding reform. Researcher Bruce Baker then will present the proje
 ct analysis and report findings\, which include a suggested formula based 
 on empirical cost-based funding weights estimated using data on Texas comm
 unity colleges. The presentation will end with a panel discussion featurin
 g Drs. Kahlenberg\, Keller\, and Baker as well as William Serrata\, a comm
 unity college president\, and Martha Snyder\, a higher education federal a
 nd state policy expert. Speakers:  Jesse Levin\, PhD\, Principal Research 
 Economist\, American Institutes for Research (AIR) Bruce Baker\, PhD\, Pro
 fessor\, University of Miami Rick Kahlenberg\, Professorial Lecturer\, Geo
 rge Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public 
 Administration Harrison Keller\, PhD\, Commissioner of Higher Education\, 
 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Martha Snyder\, Senior Director\
 , HCM Strategists William Serrata\, PhD\, President\, El Paso Community Co
 llege  Who will benefit: The primary intended audience for this event is s
 tate-level policymakers and stakeholders in Texas and in other states work
 ing to promote the outcomes of students attending public community college
 s through adequate and equitable funding systems.
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