Good Policy, Good Practice
Improving Outcomes and Productivity in Higher Education: A Guide for Policymakers

Adding It Up
A State and National Imperative

Making Opportunity Affordable will promote and support a productivity agenda for American higher education. The agenda has four core objectives:

• Increasing the percentage of college-educated adults;
• Containing costs and strategically investing resources
• Strengthening institutional and system capacity to serve larger and more diverse student populations; and
• Improving student learning.