Looking Back to Move Forward: A History of Federal Student Aid
This documentary series provides insight into the programs’ origins, milestones, and current issues as we ponder future direction and navigate foreseeable roadblocks to new policy innovation.
Postsecondary Data Collaborative (PostsecData)
Through the PostsecData Collaborative, IHEP is leading efforts to improve postsecondary education data quality and use. For example, in May 2016, IHEP collaborated with partners to publish 11 policy papers on Envisioning the National Postsecondary Infrastructure in the 21st Century – the largest effort to date aimed at improving national postsecondary data systems. Explore the policy recommendations here.
Community Partnership for Attainment
Community Partnership for Attainment is a community mobilization initiative designed to dramatically increase the number of local residents with postsecondary credentials.
Learn more and view IHEP’s tactical guidebooks here.
Pathways to College Network
IHEP directs and is a core member of the Pathways to College Network (PCN), an alliance of national partners working collaboratively to improve college access and success for underserved students.
Redefining Access for the 21st-Century Student
This IHEP initiative reinvigorates the dialogue on college access in the U.S. to develop a roadmap for aligning research, policy, and practice. Be sure to view the initiative's feature documentary film and accompanying report.
College Not Prison
The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is leading #CollegeNotPrison, a social media and public awareness campaign to educate policymakers, campus leaders, and the public about the financial aid barriers justice-involved youth face when pursuing higher education. Together with other advocates and researchers in the field, we are working to let policymakers at all levels know they must fix broken systems that put corrections spending before education. To join us and learn more, visit the campaign's website.