Online Tools
Our free, online, and interactive tools support practitioners, policymakers, and media to identify higher education challenges, assess solutions, and drive improvement to support students and promote valuable outcomes.
Equitable Value Explorer
This interactive tool puts the power of the Postsecondary Value Framework at the fingertips of practitioners, policymakers, and media. Use this tool to find data on the economic value that institutions of higher education deliver to their students.
Degree Mining Tool
This customizable system equips institutions to easily and affordably identify students who are eligible for credentials they have earned but have not yet been awarded. Use this tool to access action-ready degree completion strategies that do not require additional technology or resources.
Equity Planning System
Both an innovative tool and student-centered process, the Equity Planning System is designed for institutional leaders, higher education practitioners, organizations involved in the advancement of equity for today’s students, and other affiliates who are posed to put the idea of equity into action.
Postsecondary Data GPS
This interactive tool helps institutions navigate their data through four critical phases of the postsecondary pipeline: access, progression, completion, and cost. Use this tool, including its downloadable Excel templates, for easy data analysis and visualizations to identify challenges, assess solutions, and drive institutional improvement.
Reengagement Investment Calculator
This straightforward tool equips institutions with the cost/revenue information needed to assess debt forgiveness as a strategy to reengage adult learners who have stopped out from higher education. Use this tool to calculate the potential institutional revenue associated with a debt-forgiveness program based on customized inputs, including the amount of debt forgiven, the cost per credit hour, and the timeline.