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STATE POLICY LEADERSHIP for the FUTURE History of State Coordination and Governance and Alternatives for the Future STATE POLICY LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE History of state coordination and governance and alternatives for the future Aims McGuinness MAY 2016 Aims McGuinness is a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), a private nonprofit policy center in Boulder, Colorado. At NCHEMS, he specializes in state governance and coordination of higher education; strategic planning and restructuring higher education systems; roles and responsibilities of public institutional and multi-campus system governing boards; and international comparison of education reform. © 2016 by the Education Commission of the States. All rights reserved. Education Commission of the States encourages its readers to share our information with others. To request permission to reprint or excerpt some of our material, please contact us at (303) 299.3609 or email [email protected]. Education Commission of the States | 700 Broadway Suite 810 Denver, CO 80203 FOREWORD Postsecondary governance is a topic of enduring importance. How to structure the governance of a state’s postsecondary systems and institutions is one of those issues that never seems to quite get resolved, but remains in a permanent state of flux and adjustment. As the author of this paper – the distinguished Aims McGuinness – documents, postsecondary governance arrangements have ebbed and flowed over our nation’s history in response to changes in state needs, fiscal and political conditions, and the expectations of governing authorities to drive specified outcomes of our institutions of higher learning. Postsecondary governance structures matter to different constituent groups for different reasons. This paper touches on most of those constituent groups and perspectives, and we believe serves as a foundational document to inform and shape our current and future conversations about postsecondary governance reform. As part of the Blueprint for College Readiness project, Education Commission of the States is undertaking a series of activities that will build upon and expand our previous initiatives focused on postsecondary governance. State governance systems often influence how decisions are made and by whom with respect to higher education policies and practices. A primary objective of our current project is to engage state policymakers, education leaders and partner organizations to more fully understand postsecondary governance structures and their role in advancing state education and workforce development goals. We will do this through a number of reports, convening activities and policy analysis pieces. We look forward to working with our partners and state leaders, and appreciate the support of colleagues like Dr. McGuinness and others as we undertake our important work. State Policy Leadership for the Future was published with the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a key partner in our efforts to get accurate, timely and creative information into the hands of key state decisionmakers. Mary Fulton Brian A. Sponsler Senior Project Manager/Policy Analyst Director, Postsecondary and Education Commission of the States Workforce Development Institute Education Commission of the States www.ecs.org | @EdCommission TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................................3 FUNCTIONS IN STATE HIGHER EDUCATION ROLE .......................................................................................................................4 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE .....................................................................................................................................................................5 Phase 1: Late 19th century through end of World War II: From single public institutions to the early development of systems and state coordinating boards ..................................................6 Status at the conclusion of Phase 1 .........................................................................................................................................7 Phase 2: End of World War II to 1972: Massive enrollment growth, dramatic increase in state oordinating boards and more complex state/higher education relationships ..........................................................8 Increased centralization and complexity ..............................................................................................................................9 New state structures ...................................................................................................................................................................10 Role and powers of early coordinating boards ...............................................................................................................13 Relationships of state higher education agencies to the state budget process ..............................................14 Organization of SHEEO .............................................................................................................................................................15 Status at conclusion of Phase 2 .............................................................................................................................................15 Phase 3: 1972 through mid-1980s: Impact of the Education Amendments of 1972, slowing growth and increased state-level focus on managing projected retrenchment ....................................17 1202 state commissions .............................................................................................................................................................17 Shift in focus of state higher education policy .................................................................................................................19 Changes in state financing of higher education ...............................................................................................................19 Changing role of state higher education agencies in state decision-making and budget process .........20 Status at conclusion of Phase 3 .............................................................................................................................................21 Phase 4: 1980s through mid-1990s: Fundamental change in the state role away from inputs to outcomes and greater reliance on market forces and new policy tools to ensure response to public priorities ...........................................................................................................................................22 Assessment of student learning ............................................................................................................................................22 Changes in finance policy ........................................................................................................................................................23 Changes in state agencies ........................................................................................................................................................23 Status at conclusion of Phase 4 .............................................................................................................................................24 www.ecs.org | @EdCommission TABLE OF CONTENTS Phase 5: Public Agenda Reforms mid-1990s to 2008: New emphasis on long-term goals and growing concerns about the capacity of states for policy leadership ..................................................26 Continuation of public agenda reforms .............................................................................................................................26 Deteriorating capacity for policy leadership ..................................................................................................................27 Status at conclusion of Phase 5 .............................................................................................................................................27 Phase 6: The Great Recession and Economic Recovery (2008 to the present): Growing urgency for reform accompanied by continuing deterioration of state capacity to lead long-term strategies .......................................................................................................................................29 Changes in state capacity for policy leadership ..............................................................................................................29 Disconnect between state budget process and financing higher education ....................................................30 Overall policy environment for change ...............................................................................................................................32 Status at conclusion of Phase 6 .............................................................................................................................................33 THE WAY FORWARD ................................................................................................................................................................................35 Component for statewide
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