Policy Matters

This policy brief series provides concise analysis of issues affecting public higher education.

Latest Issues

• State Higher Education Policy Update: January to August 2019 (View PDF) 
  
  
• Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2019 (View PDF) 
  
  
• Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2018 (View PDF)
  
  
• Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2017 (View PDF) 
  
  
• Higher Education: 2016 Elections Wrap-Up and 2017 Federal Policy Preview (View PDF) 
  
  
• The Promises and Pitfalls of State Free Community College Plans - May 2016 (View PDF) 
  
  
• Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2016 - January 2016 (View PDF) 
  
  
• State Policy Proposals to Combat Campus Sexual Assault - December 2015 (View PDF) 
  
  
• Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2015 - January 2015 (View PDF)