Texas State Technical College
also referred to as: tstc
14 statements across 1 episodes · 10 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 6, 2022 by Michael Bettersworth · said 13 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Everything said about Texas State Technical College, oldest first
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Reeser: Texas funds TSTC based on graduate earnings above minimum wage
“A student attends TSTC for a minimum period of time, and then when they leave TSTC, the workforce system in Texas begins to track them in the work place. They are measured for five years of employment, and then That aggregate earnings amount is compared to wha…”
Jan 6, 2022 neutral
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Bettersworth: UI Wage Data Linkage Is Core to Higher Ed Accountability
“I would say that core towards these kinds of models working are the data systems that support them, and they are not equal from state to state, and it's a little pedantic, it's a little in the weeds, but we use unemployment insurance wage records, UI wage reco…”
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Bettersworth: TSTC enrollment dropped to 12K while completions and placements increased
“The total enrollment now is around 12,000. We used to be 20,000 back in, in days when I think we were more focused on enrollment than placement. Got it. So while our enrollment number has actually contracted over this transition, the placement numbers and the …”
Jan 6, 2022 negative
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Jan 6, 2022 negative
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Reeser: Outcomes-based funding aligns student, taxpayer, and employer interests
“This approach has aligned the best interests of the students, the institution, the taxpayers who support us, and the employers who hire our graduates. All those stakeholders win When the student gets a great job at the end, and we receive our funding.”
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Bettersworth: Traditional college funding incentivizes selling rather than student placement
“The mission, however, with Contact Hour funding, the traditional way of funding higher education, Is really focused on what can I sell to a student? So I'm selling programs into the student customer. When we shift the funding model to placement and earnings, n…”
Jan 6, 2022 positive
Reeser: TSTC refunds full tuition if graduates lack jobs within six months
“We have six programs right now that are subject to, and we aren't aware of another college doing this, our money back guarantee program. What that means is if a student graduates from that program and they work earnestly with our placement professionals and th…”
Jan 6, 2022
Bettersworth: Outcomes-based funding models must minimize variables to avoid perverse incentives
“So one of the rules of anybody considering models like this is the fewer variables, the better. Every additional variable that we add adds complexity, it adds confusion, and it will drive behavior in unintended ways.”