Under Audit: Equity Audits in State Higher Education Finance

MDRC published a policy brief titled Under Audit: Equity Audits in State Higher Education Finance in June 2022. This brief discusses the potential use of equity audits to identify and address inequities in the distribution of state funds to public institutions of higher learning. Community colleges and other broad access public institutions disproportionately enroll students from underserved populations and rely more heavily on state funds. These institutions also tend to be underfunded because the populations they serve are perceived as undeserving of public assistance