NPEC Recent Products

Deciding on Postsecondary Education (NCES 2008-850)

This report examines the data and the information that potential students, (particularly non-traditional aged, minority, and students of low- and moderate- socioeconomic status), use and need in making decisions about postsecondary education. Qualitative data were gathered and analyzed from focus groups and secondary data were collected through research literature. The findings state that more comprehensible information, additional resources, and improved assistance for prospective college students and their families are needed.

Information Center for State Level Indicators

NPEC has provided support to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) for the development of a web-based tool that presents state, and, in some instances, county postsecondary education indicators. The information is downloadable and easy-to-use. Analysts, policy-makers, and others interested in state-level postsecondary education data analysis will find this tool available on the web, free-of-charge at http://www.higheredinfo.org.

National Symposium on Postsecondary Student Success

In November 2006, NPEC hosted a 3-day national symposium on postsecondary student success in Washington, DC. The purpose of the symposium was to discuss what constitutes success and what factors impact the chances of success for different types of students in different types of postsecondary institutions. NPEC also commissioned papers for the symposium by top researchers in the field of student success, as well as respondent papers from federal, state, and institutional postsecondary decision makers.

• Symposium Final Agenda (274 KB)