About the National Center
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. It is not affiliated with any government agency, political party, or college or university. The National Center conducts policy research and fosters public awareness and discussion of public policy issues affecting education and training beyond high school. The purpose of the National Center's studies and reports, including Measuring Up 2000, is to stimulate public policies that will improve the effectiveness and accessibility of higher education.
The National Center was established with a 1998 founding grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts that supported the initiation of its programs, including Measuring Up 2000. This grant enabled the National Center to launch the report card project, to design its methodology, and to test its feasibility through a ten-state prototype. The Ford Foundation has also provided core and specific project support to the National Center. Refinement of the report card methodology, extension of it to all 50 states, and the publication and dissemination of Measuring Up 2000 has been made possible by a major grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that has been matched by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, respectively. A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has supported an external, independent review of the report card data and methodology.
Measuring Up 2000 was made possible by these grants. The statements and views expressed in this report, however, do not necessarily reflect those of the funders, and are solely the responsibility of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
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