At the request of Governor Pawlenty and the Legislature, the Office of Higher Education is developing a higher education accountability system to help policy-makers and taxpayers gauge the effectiveness of the higher education sector in meeting state goals.

View the report online:

• Executive Summary
• Goal 1: Improve the Success of All Students
• Goal 2: Create a Responsive System that Produces Graduates
• Goal 3: Increase Student Learning & Improve Skill Levels
• Goal 4: Contribute to the Development of a State Economy
• Goal 5: Provide Choice for All Students
• Next Steps
• Appendix

Download a PDF of the full report:

Minnesota Measures: 2009 Report on Higher Education Performance (.pdf, 76 pgs) (release date: May 2009)
Minnesota Measures: 2008 Report on Higher Education Performance (.pdf, 72 pgs) (release date: April 2008 - updated edition)
Minnesota Measures: 2007 Report on Higher Education Performance (.pdf, 52 pgs) (release date: February 2007)

Other Reports

Preliminary Recommendations from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (.pdf, 52 pgs) (release date: June 2006)
Summary of Accountability Framework (.pdf, 12 pgs) (release date: July 2006)
Final Report from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (.pdf, 81 pgs) (release date: June 2006)
Higher Education Accountability System Update (.pdf, 4 pgs) (release date: January 2006)

Presentations

• March 2, 2006 Report by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems [.ppt]

• Presentation by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Jan. 2006 [.ppt]
  Twenty meetings were held in 10 communities the week of January 10, 2006, to gather input from business, community and education representatives on a draft agenda for higher education and to review possible goals and indicators. (Moorhead, Bemidji, Hibbing, Duluth, Minneapolis, Rochester, Mankato, Marshall, St. Cloud)

• November 4, 2005 data presentation [.ppt], Dennis Jones, National Center on Higher Education Management Systems

• A day-long meeting was held August 9, 2005 with stakeholders to review national perspectives on accountability in higher education.

• Sorting Out Accountability: Campus, System, and State Roles [.ppt],
  Nancy Shulock, Institute for Higher Education Leadership Policy

• The National Agenda for Higher Education - The Role of Accountability [.ppt], Paul Lingenfelter, State Higher Education Executive Officers

• Selected States' Approaches to Accountability [.ppt], Dennis Jones, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

• Results from the National Forum on College-Level Learning Pilot Project [.ppt], James Applegate, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education