Proposed Accountability Framework by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)

Our current higher education system and federal policy focus almost entirely on getting students into college rather than through it with a quality degree. New accountability frameworks, proposed in both the House and the Senate, could incentivize schools to actually invest in student success by setting clear bottom lines around completion and value and using instructional spending as an important marker of an institution’s priorities. This infographic demonstrates how a two-tiered accountability framework could function, based off one proposal published by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) earlier this year, as a way to provide a better return on investment for students and taxpayers.