Our aim by engaging projects in this area is to advance conversations about how state funding to postsecondary institutions can better reflect the full range of students institutions serve.
Recent work
Test-Optional College Admissions
Due to COVID-19, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents temporarily suspended its policy of requiring applicants to submit ACT or SAT scores as part of their application. The SSTAR Lab is partnering with …
January 8, 2025Measuring College Funding Inequality
In partnership with the Foundation for California Community Colleges and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, we analyzed funding trends among California community colleges. We tested the extent to which financial resources (expenditures and revenues) …
January 8, 2025Equity Funding
In June 2024, SSTAR Lab released a literature review titled Adequacy and Equity in Education Finance: How can K-12 contexts inform higher education? In higher education, there is growing national interest in applying the K-12 …
January 8, 2025