MAPS
Financial Health Dashboard
To achieve their missions, colleges and universities need appropriate resources - but right now, resources aren't equitably distributed across the postsecondary system. This has real consequences for equitable student success, particularly for historically marginalized students.
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Leaders need tools that provide deeper insight and equitable foresight into how financial decision-making affects student outcomes historically and moving forward.
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To support this need, the Financial Health Dashboard offers a first-of-its-kind visibility into the financial health of more than 3,000 colleges and universities* nationwide and the system as a whole.
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Leveraging six years of data and sector-specific models, this interactive resource provides decision makers with a data-driven way to understand the current financial state, learn from peers, and together shape a system where every student can succeed.
Explore the Dashboard
What the dashboard is
What the dashboard is not
Uniquely comprehensive: Integrates financial data with student trend data for 3000+ colleges and universities
Sector-specific: Outlines separate models for six different institutional sectors (2 and 4 year public, private, and proprietary)
Interactive: Engage with data points to understand the "why" and "what" behind the scores
​Condemning: Does not predict the future failure (or success) of any institution
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Exhaustive: One resource to be used in conjunction with other tools for a robust and contextualized understanding
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Static: Expect changes to the index over time as new data and feedback become available
*The FHII will not include profiles for institutions who have not reported sufficient financial data to IPEDS via the IPEDS Finance Survey.
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Understand the Tool
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The Dashboard at a Glance
Additional resources
Several leading organizations and individuals have made important contributions to increasing transparency around the costs, value, finances, and economic models of higher education.
This index is part of the MAPS Project, which is hosted and run by the Sorenson Impact Center. The MAPS project charts the shifting landscape of higher education to help create a more equitable future. This project is based on research funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These materials do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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