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It highlights rising college costs, low completion, and barriers facing low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation learners, including debt and insufficient guidance. 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However, critical obstacles and challenges persist, particularly for low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students who face crippling debt2, a lack of transparency, and employers no longer willing to trust-butverify the correlation of skills and credentials.  \nIn 2023, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in partnership with the XQ Institute convened the Carnegie Postsecondary Commission (CPC) to consider ideas and endeavors that will lead to transformational change of the American  \nhigher education system, and promise increased access, affordability, and meaningfully improved outcomes for students enrolled in postsecondary school, especially those furthest from opportunity.  \nThe CPC is composed of leaders and innovators across the K12, postsecondary and the private sector. The vision is ambitious, calling for innovations and disruptions from pre-college preparation to post-graduation success. By catalyzing transformative change, the Commission aims to create a postsecondary system that effectively prepares millions more students for healthy, dignified, and fulfilling lives.  \nRevitalizing Higher Education  2   \nWHY CHANGE IS URGENTLY NEEDED  \nThe average cost of a four-year degree has more than doubled in the 21st century3, outpacing income growth and pushing students into significant debt4. This burden falls disproportionately on low-income students and their families as available financial assistance such as Pell grants fail to keep up with the increasing cost of a higher education degree5.  \nFor students who manage to enroll in postsecondary education, completion rates remain staggeringly low6. Insufficient financial aid,  \ninadequate academic supports, fragmented pathways from secondary school, to postsecondary institutions and careers, and lack of information and guidance7 create daunting challenges that far too few students can overcome. Even with a degree, more than half of recent four-year college graduates (52 percent) find themselves underemployed a year after they graduate. A decade after graduation, 45 percent of them still don’t hold a job that requires a fouryear degree8.  \nENVISIONING A NEW PARADIGM: A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION  \nWith this as a stark backdrop, the CPC was established to identify high leverage opportunities for action. Commissioned ‘action’ papers will provide the research to evaluate and share levers for impact, the elevation of promising and exemplary practices, and the targeted development of networks to work on high leverage challenges. The CPC is considering a range of innovations and policy reforms:  \nNEW MODELS OF POSTSECONDARY  \nFor decades, the quality of higher education institutions has largely been defined by inputs:  \nresources allocated, students enrolled, facilities, and comprehensiveness of educational programs. These are inadequate proxies for institutional excellence. Outcomes – student persistence and completion, pathways to careers, earnings, and improved social and economic opportunity – should be key measures of institutional quality. These data must be conveyed in transparent, understandable ways to prospective students and policymakers. Along with others in the field, the CPC envisions a new accreditation process that encourages innovation by emphasizing student focused outcomes.  \nThe public and philanthropic sector should foster and support new postsecondary options (both existing institutions and startups) that are outcomes focused, affordable, and provide flexibility to the learner regarding where, how, and when learning takes place.  \nAFFORDABILITY  \nThe financial burden of higher education remains the fundamental barrie","cbCaiaTyC3YxLLMb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaTyC3YxLLMb","pdf",1501827,"English","# Why Change Is Urgently Needed\n# Envisioning a New Paradigm: A Blueprint for Action\n# New Models of Postsecondary\n# Affordability\n# Comprehensive Education and Career Development Approach\n# Create a Clearer, More Useful Picture of the Higher Education Landscape","[{\"question\":\"What problems does the blueprint identify with current higher education outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"It points to sharply rising costs, persistent debt burdens, low completion rates, underemployment after graduation, and fragmented pathways with limited information and support.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the commission propose to redefine institutional quality?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that quality should be measured by outcomes such as persistence, completion, career pathways, and earnings, shared transparently with students and policymakers, supported by an innovation-friendly accreditation approach.\"},{\"question\":\"What affordability solutions are proposed to reduce financial barriers?\",\"answer\":\"The blueprint calls for increased public funding and expanded, streamlined financial aid, along with income-based repayment and debt forgiveness, plus alternative funding models such as employer-sponsored education.\"}]","Revitalizing Higher Education: A Blueprint for Transformative Change | PDF",1792045967,25]