The U.S. Department of Education

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The U.S. Department of Educations Office of
Postsecondary EducationFIPSE Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary EducationGovernors
Grants Office Higher Education Conference 22
May 2012
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What is FIPSE?

• Founded in 1972, FIPSE is the Fund for the
  Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
• Funding higher education projects that are new,
  different, and transformative, i.e. innovative
  and maybe experimental.

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First in the World

• and coming in 2012-2013

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First in the World 55m proposed for FY
2013 Aligns with Presidents 2020 Goal An
evidence-based, innovative approach to improving
quality and increasing productivity
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Eligibility

• Public/Private Institutions of Higher Education
• Non-profit organizations
• Associations
• Consortia
• State Systems

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FitWs Data-Driven Investments

• Strong research component
• Rigorous evaluation
• Dissemination of results
• Specialized review process

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Three-Tiered Funding Model

• Scale up
• Strong evidence that proposed activity has had a
  significant impact
• Validation
• Moderate evidence that proposed activity has had
  significant impact on the same indicator
• Development
• Contains potential and some research-based
  findings that should be systematically studied

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Presentation byFred Winterfrederick.winter_at_ed.go
v/202-502-7632 [phone]/fipse_at_ed.gov