On March 10, the Institue for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) led a coalition of 87 organizations and individual researchers in sending a letter to Congress elevating deep concerns regarding recent Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research and data collection cancellations. CSHE is honored to join the coalition. These cancellations not only disrupt critical research on college affordability, student outcomes, and workforce readiness but also raise serious concerns about the integrity, privacy, and security of sensitive student data.Without reliable data, we risk shifting from evidence-based policymaking to uninformed guesswork—ultimately harming students and institutions.
Read the coalition report from IHEP and the full letter sent to the Congress.