IHEP Leads Coalition of 26 Organizations in Urging Congress to Maintain the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Act Set-Aside Authority

WASHINGTON, DC (March 22, 2023) – The Institute for Higher Education Policy led a coalition of 26 organizations in urging Congress to maintain the U.S. Secretary of Education’s authority to set aside up to 0.5% of funds from certain Higher Education Act (HEA) programs for data analysis, data collection, and rigorous evaluations. The letter, signed by education associations, civil rights groups, policy advocates, and researchers calls on Congressional appropriators to continue support for this set-aside authority. This important provision increases the U.S. Department of Education’s capacity to build evidence of effective practices to support the continuous improvement of HEA programs and ultimately improve students’ postsecondary success.

Learn more about IHEP and Results for America’s HEA Set-Aside recommendations and read the full letter.

Fellow signatories listed below:

• Alabama Possible
• America Forward
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• American Institutes for Research
• Arnold Ventures
• Association for Career and Technical Education
• Braven
• Campaign for College Opportunity
• Complete College America
• Data Foundation
• Data Quality Campaign
• Education Reform Now
• Generation Hope
• Higher Learning Advocates
• Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
• Knowledge Alliance
• National College Attainment Network
• New America Higher Education Program
• Results for America
• RTI International
• The Charles A Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin
• The Education Trust
• The Institute for College Access & Success
• Third Way
• UNCF
• Westat