Alder's financial model combines grants, tuition, and LEA contributions, targeting 70–80% tuition funding by 2026–27 while keeping tuition low¶

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q2 i? Thirty percent of Alder's budget came from grant funding; in 2022–23 it was 50% tuition-funded and expected to reach 70–80% tuition funding by 2026–27, without aiming for full tuition reliance so tuition rates stay low enough to recruit diverse candidates. → Yun 2025

Evidence¶

Yun 2025¶

Yun, C., Fitz, J., Nakajima, T., & Mauerman, C. (2025). Educating for equity: Alder Graduate School's teacher residency. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/812.965

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Descriptive financial-model findings from the Financial Model section: roughly $14 million in Teacher Quality Partnership and $19 million in Supporting Effective Educator Development funding through 2022–23, with about half going to LEA subgrantees, plus TRGP grants and local control funding formula dollars for stipends. No inferential analysis is printed.

"In 2022–23, Alder was 50% funded through tuition, and it expected to reach its target of 70% to 80% tuition funding by 2026–27. The university did not aim to become fully reliant on student tuition because it intended to keep tuition rates low enough to be able to recruit and enroll candidates from diverse backgrounds."

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