Current Initiatives
Our innovative and evidence-based initiatives put IHEP’s data-driven research into practice. In each of our focus areas, we support national, state, local, and institutional efforts to achieve stronger educational outcomes for today’s students.

current initiatives


Equity Planning System
The Equity Planning System is both an innovative tool and student-centered process for members of the postsecondary community to identify and close equity gaps in their programmatic, field-facing work.


Higher Education in Prison KPI Framework
Higher Education in Prison KPI Framework is a multi-year research initiative that produced a comprehensive set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to help HEP programs generate long-needed data.


Degrees When Due
Degrees When Due (DWD) is an innovative, nationwide completion initiative designed to improve student completion rates through data-driven strategies and tactics.


Postsecondary Data Collaborative (PostsecData)
The Postsecondary Data Collaborative is an IHEP-led coalition of diverse organizations that recognize the power of high-quality data to ensure equitable access and success in higher education.
Latest content

“It Saved My Life:” New Framework Measures the Rehabilitative and Restorative Impacts Of Higher Education In Prison
Piper Hendricks
Supporting Success: The Higher Education in Prison Key Performance Indicator Framework
Michael Scott Brick and Julie Ajinkya, PhD
Implementing a Federal Student-Level Data Network: Advice from Experts
Erin Dunlop Velez and Josh Pretlow, RTI International Amanda Janice Roberson, IHEP
“Everyone Deserves to be Seen:” Recommendations for Improved Federal Data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)
Anna Byon, SEARAC (Edited by Amanda Janice Roberson, IHEP)