Case Studies

Beating the Odds: What it Means and Why It's Important
What does it take for a college or university to "beat the odds" and increase the rates at which it enrolls and graduates traditionally underrepresented students? A new report from HCM Strategists and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation profiles 32 colleges and universities that are considered national models for their efforts to improve student success and graduate more low-income and underrepresented minority students. Case Study

Performance Funding In Indiana:
The report responds to Indiana HEA 1001 (2011) which required the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to review performance funding models in other states, particularly the measures and weights used in these models to recognize the unique missions of different instituitons. This report provides detailed analysis of several other state's performance funding models as well as common lessons from research for CHE to consider as it works to advance the state's performance funding model. Case study

Health Care Coalition Gains Bipartisan Support
In 2001, Michael Manganiello, Founding Partner of HCM Strategists, connected more than 100 unlikely allies—including scientific societies, universities, patient advocates, and others—to encourage federal support for stem cell research. Case study

Launch Creates Buzz About College Aid
HCM Strategists designed a launch strategy to engage the higher education policy community, Congress, and the White House in a conversation on the reform of federal student aid. Case study

Creating Partnerships to Reengineer Clinical Research
Enrolling participants into clinical trials is increasingly challenging, and the traditional trial process—although long-respected as the gold standard—requires rethinking. Case study

HCM Helps Transform State Education Policies
HCM Strategists serves as a thought partner to Lumina Foundation for Education on its multi-year initiative to improve productivity in postsecondary education. Lumina’s strategic plan clearly establishes increased higher education productivity as a fundamental way to reach a 60% college attainment goal by 2025. Case study