INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY
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Mission Statement
The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is a nonpartisan nonprofit research and advocacy organization committed to promoting access and success in higher education for all students with a focus on students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, and other historically marginalized populations.
About This Cause
Degree Completion Higher education can be a pathway to economic security, social mobility, and society-wide value – but only if students complete their degree or credential. There are 36 million American adults who began college and earned credits, but needed to stop out before completing their degree. Today’s students, including this “some college, no degree” population, deserve a strong and supported pathway to earn a valuable degree. Completed degrees benefit the students who earn them and, in turn, strengthen our families, communities, workforce, and society as a whole. We promote such pathways to degree completion for today’s students by identifying barriers to completion and degree attainment, examining innovative approaches at the institutional, state, and federal levels to promote completion, and working with policymakers and practitioners to advance strategies and policies that support students over the degree finish line. Data & Transparency Our system of higher education is data-rich but information-poor. Timely, high-quality, complete, accessible, and disaggregated postsecondary data is critical to promoting student success and closing equity gaps in college access and success. Students and families need data to inform what is one of the largest investments of time and money that many will make in their lifetimes. Institutions and employers need data to drive institutional improvement and align college offerings with workforce needs. Policymakers at all levels need data to promote evidence-based decision-making. We promote smart use of data by identifying trends in higher education data collection and reporting at the federal, state, and institutional levels, supporting a culture of data-use on campuses through our research, trainings, and communities of practices, and calling for the modernization our postsecondary data infrastructure. Affordability & Need-Based Aid Need-based aid does more than make college more affordable – it makes college possible. Predicating college access and attainment on a student’s ability to pay only worsens existing inequities. Targeted need-based aid programs have a proven track record of disrupting inequities in college access, persistence, and success. As state investment and the purchasing power of need-based financial aid remain stagnant or even decline, today’s students face affordability challenges that threaten to derail their college dreams. We promote affordable postsecondary education for today’s students by identifying financial challenges, examining innovative approaches to address them, calling to protect need-based aid and support at the federal, state, and institutional levels, and working with policymakers and practitioners to advance strategies and policies that prioritize need-based investment in students. Barriers in Justice and Education Nearly 94 percent of adults incarcerated in the United States do not have a postsecondary degree. Our justice system contains millions of potential students, including a disproportionate number of the very populations the Higher Education Act (HEA) was designed to reach. Higher education demonstrably benefits everyone within a correctional facility – correctional officers and those who are incarcerated alike – in addition to the families and communities to whom these potential students return. Beyond reducing recidivism, providing educational opportunities to students involved in the justice system has positive social impacts such as promoting civic engagement, closing equity gaps, and strengthening our nation’s workforce. We promote postsecondary opportunities for those impacted by the justice system by identifying barriers to their college access and success, examining innovative approaches by correctional and postsecondary leaders to ensure academic quality and outcomes for the growing number of students who are participating in higher education programs while incarcerated, and working with policymakers and practitioners to advance opportunities for students who are currently- or formerly-incarcerated.