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Monday, July 22, 2024 Leveraging Data for Equitable Improvements in Postsecondary Student Success » Reading time: Four minutes Despite progress in the college completion movement, disparities in postsecondary attai...
Monday, June 10, 2024 NSCRC: Number of “Some College, No Credential” Students Ticks Up to 36.8 Million » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes The recent "Some C...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 A How-To Guide to High Quality, Data-Driven Advising: Part One - Target Grad Rates » By Ryan Hoch, Co-Founder and CEO, Overgrad Reading time: Eight minutes Ensuring every student has high-quality post...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Report: States Can Improve Postsecondary Outcomes Data Sharing; Here’s How » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes Providing college an...
Thursday, March 14, 2024 NSC Getting Ready to Unveil StudentTracker 3.0 for High Schools » By Bill DeBaun , Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes National College A...
Thursday, February 8, 2024 Research Roundup: Fall 2023 Enrollment Is Up, ASAP Really Works & More! » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes It can be hard to...
Monday, January 22, 2024 FAFSA Is Live, But Data Delays Will Stall FAFSA Tracker’s Launch » By Bill DeBaun, Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The 2024-25 FAFSA is, at long (long,...
Monday, December 18, 2023 NCAN Data Point: More Than Half of Members Have NSC StudentTracker » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The National College At...
Monday, November 27, 2023 Eight CCR-Related Survey Findings from School Leaders That Will Surprise You » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Eight minutes Note: This article w...
Monday, November 27, 2023 NCAN Hosts NSC HS Benchmarks Webinar; NSC Announces Fall “Effective Date” » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes Earlier this month, the...
Monday, September 18, 2023 New HS Benchmarks Report Shows Gains, Gaps for Class of 2022 » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Two minutes Note: NSCRC uses the wo...
Friday, July 28, 2023 New NSCRC Report: Second-Year Persistence Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes The National Stud...
Friday, July 21, 2023 New NCAN-NSC Agreement Offers Discount for StudentTracker for Ed Orgs Users » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Services Reading time: Two minutes A new agreement between...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 NCAN’s Common Measures & Data Tools Help Members Measure Students’ Outputs, Outcomes » Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes The National Colleg...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Five Sentence Findings: Dual Enrollment, Falling College Prices, and More » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes “In this world, no...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Survey: Middle, High School Teachers Diverge on CCR Plans, Metrics » Reading time: Four minutes High school teachers largely agree that their school both has a plan for advancing stud...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 New Report Shows States are Undermeasuring College and Career Readiness, How to Fix » Read time: Two minutes 2023 will mark eight years since the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law....
Friday, February 17, 2023 Research Roundup: Peer Counseling, Universal Pre-K, and Getting Parents to Read Email » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Four minutes It can be hard to...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 In Rare Good News Trifecta, FAFSAs, Applications, and Enrollments Are All Up » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes As the National...
Friday, January 20, 2023 Shifting Narratives: Centering Race in Defining and Measuring College Value » Reading time: Two minutes The following is an excerpt from a recent report by The Institute for College Access a...
Sunday, January 15, 2023 Virginia Data Shows College Access Supports’ Positive Impacts » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes Get students the r...
Monday, November 28, 2022 As Year Winds Down, Use NSC Data to Plan Next Steps » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Three minutes The National Stu...
Friday, November 18, 2022 College Visits as Postsecondary Outcome Predictor Study » Reading time: Three minutes College visits can be predictors of postsecondary enrollment for rural students, accor...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 First Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students Offers Valuable Insights » Reading time: Three minutes The benefits to higher education are worth pursuing despite the significant barriers p...
Friday, October 28, 2022 Class of 2021 Enrollment Outcomes Decline, Offer More Evidence of COVID-19's Impact » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes High school...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 College Affordability Challenges Persist for Students from Low-income Backgrounds » By Raymond AlQaisi, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy Reading time: Two minutes Students from low-income...
Monday, October 24, 2022 Undergrad Enrollment Down 1.1% at the End of September » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: Two minutes Undergraduate enrollm...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Eminently Bookmarkable Papers Consider College Costs, Barriers » Reading time: 2 min. Drs. Susan Dynarski , Lindsay C. Page , and Judith Scott-Clayton have been hard at work...
Friday, June 10, 2022 Why and How to Incorporate Earnings Data Into College Access Advising » Reading time: 4-5 min. The College Scorecard from the U.S. Department of Education can help students compare po...
Friday, June 10, 2022 RISE’s Postsecondary Tracker Offers Data Insights to Counselors » Reading time: 7 min. The RISE Network (RISE) recently launched a comprehensive postsecondary tracker that allow...
Thursday, May 26, 2022 New Brief Focuses on Using Data to 'Lift' Completion » By Bill DeBaun, Senior Director of Data and Strategic Initiatives Reading time: 5 min. Where students matricu...
Friday, May 13, 2022 New Report Offers Roadmap for Increasing Attainment for Students with Some College, No Degree » Reading time: Five minutes In 2018, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) launched the Degrees When...
Friday, February 18, 2022 New Study: Adult Support During Postsecondary Planning Enhances College-Going Behaviors and Outcomes » Reading time: 2 min. Across the country, many states have implemented early education and career planning (ECP) r...
Monday, January 31, 2022 Test-Optional Policies: A Review of Recent Research » Reading time: 3-4 min. The number of higher education institutions using test-optional policies in admissions dec...
Monday, January 3, 2022 Study: Restrictions on Majors Dissuade, Divert Underrepresented Students » Reading time: 2 min. There has been an increase in "major restriction" policies at public universities over recen...
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