State puts emphasis on college advisers - Mary Mogan Edwards, The Columbus Dispatch

The heat is on Ohio state colleges and universities to make sure more students succeed, and that makes academic advisers a key part of schools’ strategies. The past few state budgets have come with new strings attached for higher-education institutions. Lawmakers want state funding to favor schools that show the best results, rather than simply the ones with the most students. Under “performance-based funding,” colleges and universities get a bigger piece of the funding pie when more students graduate with degrees or, in the case of community colleges, complete more courses and earn more certificates and two-year degrees. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/13/state-puts-emphasis-on-college-advisers.html