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The California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR) released an episode of its new series, Between Two Presidents, in which CAIR president Rosa Belerique chats with AIR President Heather Kelly.  Watch...

In a new issue brief, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) explores the current state of the federal student loan system, including complexities, repayment options available to b...

CUPA-HR has shared with AIR a recent white paper highlighting various challenges facing higher education employees as well as emerging workforce trends. The white paper culminates with nine recommendations for better pos...

CUPA-HR released in April 2021 poll results highlighting the state of employee vaccinations at higher education institutions. Data includes information on how many institutions have documented policies and provide i...

NCES Publishes Latest Digest of Education Statistics In February 2021, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) published the 2019 Digest of Education Statistics, which covers statistics about the 76.1 milli...

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has published a report presenting aggregate summary statistics of Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) capacity based on state-level response to the 2018 SLDS sur...

Reports & Tools Better Data, Better Outcomes: Promoting Evidence, Equity, and Student Success through the Framework for State Postsecondary Data Solutions The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) released a n...

Reports & Tools Spring 2020 Current Term Enrollment Estimates: A COVID-19 Supplement How are students responding to the campus shutdowns and online-only classes amid COVID-19? Which students and which institutions ar...

Reports & Tools How Will COVID-19 Affect Community College Funding? This report from the Community College Research Center analyzes IPEDS data from similar economic crises to consider how COVID-19 as a public health...

Reports & Tools Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis, Part II A new survey report (A New Survey of College and University Presidents) from Inside Higher Ed on the top concerns surrounding COVID-19 has been released. The...

Reports & Tools Exploring the Presidential Pipeline in CUPA-HR Administrators in Higher Education Annual Report As colleges and universities strive to create a more equitable and representative workforce, there has b...

Reports and Tools Completing College: State-Level Trends The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released updated data on completing college to include a report on state-level trends. The report highlight...

Reports & Tools Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce released a new report that ranks the return on investment of the 210 US liberal arts colleges. ROI of Liberal Arts Colleges:...

Reports & Tools New Resource Explains Free College Terminology Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) has released a new resource on free college. Free College 101 defines the terms that ar...

Reports & Tools Democracy Counts 2018: Increased Student and Institutional Engagement (Angela Henderson) This report contains findings from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), a landmark s...

Reports & Tools IES Director’s Biennial Report to Congress (FY 2017-18) The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has released their Director’s Biennial Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2017–18. ...

Reports & Tools Colleges’ Use of Big Data for Tracking Students to Boost Graduation Rates Comes at a Cost (Angela Henderson) This report from Hechinger explores the relationship between using predictive analyti...

Reports & Tools A Crisis in Confidence in Higher Ed (Angela Henderson) This report examines possible factors impacting Gallup’s finding that confidence in higher education in the U.S. has decreased significantl...

Reports & Tools The State of Higher Education in 2019 (Angela Henderson) This report from Grant Thornton provides insights, examples, and action steps to encourage innovative thinking in higher education institution...

Reports & Tools   Do Open Educational Resources Improve Student Learning? Implications of the Access Hypothesis (Casey Kerins) This new study of Open Educational Resources (OERs) discuss the “Access hypoth...