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The College Where Funding Follows Students’ Earnings, Not Enrollment artwork
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The College Where Funding Follows Students’ Earnings, Not Enrollment

Future U Podcast by Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn

May 5, 202600:42:28Education

Most public colleges get state funding based on “seat time,” — how many students are sitting through classes. Over a decade ago, leaders at Texas State Technical College bet on an experimental funding model that ties sta...

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The College Where Funding Follows Students’ Earnings, Not Enrollment is an episode from Future U Podcast by Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn. Most public colleges get state funding based on “seat time,” — how many students are sitting through...

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Published May 5, 2026, 00:42:28 long, audio available.