Measuring Up 2004: Technical Guide
	November 2004 (04-6)
	Technical Guide Documenting Methodology, Indicators, and Data Sources for Measuring Up 2004.
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Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education
	September 2004 (04-4 and 04-5)
	This report card, third in a series of biennial report cards on higher education, consists of a national report card and 50 state report cards. Measuring Up 2004 evaluates state performance in six categories, and for the first time, compares each state's current results with its own performance a decade ago. State specific reports can be downloaded after logging in at the Measuring Up site, http://measuringup.highereducation.org/survey.cfm.
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Ensuring Access with Quality to California Community Colleges
	May 2004 (04-3)
	Gerald C. Hayward, Dennis P. Jones, Aims C. McGuinness, Jr., and Allene Timar, with a postscript by Nancy Shulock
	This report finds that enrollment growth pressures, fee increases, and recent budget cuts in the California Community Colleges are having significant detrimental effects on student access and program quality. The report also provides recommendations for creating improvements that build from the state policy context and from existing promising practices within the community colleges.
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Policy Alert: State Policies On 2/4 Transfers Are Key To Degree Attainment
	May 2004
	This Policy Alert summarizes an earlier report, State Policy and Community College-Baccalaureate Transfer, which examined the role of state policy in influencing community college-baccalaureate transfer. The Policy Alert looks at the importance of two-year to four-year transfer, and offers recommendations for improvement to state policymakers.
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Policy Alert: The Educational Pipeline: Big Investment, Big Returns
	April 2004
	Policy Alert is a publication series that summarizes important policy findings affecting the future of higher education. This issue looks at the benefits of increasing a state's "educational capital," and highlights four key transition points of the "educational pipeline" marking students' progress from high school to completion of a college degree. Also available (in Adobe Acrobat pdf format for easy downloading and printing) are individual state supplements with state specific information on the educational pipeline.
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Public Attitudes on Higher Education: A Trend Analysis, 1993 to 2003
	February 2004 (04-2)
	John Immerwahr
	This public opinion survey, prepared by Public Agenda for the National Center, reveals that public attitudes about the importance of higher education have remained stable during the recent economic downturn. The survey also finds that there are some growing public concerns about the costs of higher education, especially for those groups most affected, including parents of high school students, African Americans, and Hispanics.
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Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity
	January 2004 (04-1)
	"Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity" proposes short-term emergency measures and long-term priorities for governors and legislators to consider for funding higher education during the current lean budget years. This policy statement, developed from discussions of education policy experts at Lansdowne, Virginia, finds that in 2003 in many states, reductions in higher education appropriations were larger than decreases in general fund budgets, resulting in reduced college opportunity for many students and families. "Responding to the Crisis" suggests that in 2004, the highest priority for state higher education budgets should be to protect college access and affordability for students and families.
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