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SHEEO Publications

Access all of SHEEO's most recent publications, including reports and briefs, organized by year published.

Advancing Postsecondary Success for Justice-Impacted Students

The Advancing Postsecondary Success for Justice-Impacted Students multi-state learning community is aimed at strengthening coordination among higher education systems, corrections agencies, and community partners.

Basic Needs Data Academy

SHEEO’s latest state policy academy is focused on supporting states in expanding data capacity and developing policy infrastructure for integrating and using basic needs information in state postsecondary data systems.

Communities of Practice

SHEEO’s Communities of Practice project is focused on increasing the capacity and utilization of state postsecondary data systems, and providing a forum for states to work on solutions to common issues with those systems.

Constellation of Support: A Capacity-Building Approach to Institutional Change

This project will strengthen institutional capacity by providing targeted, hands-on support to institutions working to remove barriers to retention and completion for marginalized student populations.

FAFSA Simplification

SHEEO is working alongside its members to determine how FAFSA Simplification could impact student pell eligibility and state financial aid eligibility.

Government Relations

A compilation of SHEEO federal advocacy activities, including sign-on letters, op-eds, and other key documents.

Holistic Advising for Student Success

SHEEO’s Holistic Advising learning community is a national, multi-state initiative designed to strengthen the state-level leadership role in filling the gap left by fragmented advising systems.

Membership Survey

The Membership Survey provides the SHEEO membership and the higher education policy community with a view of various member characteristics, including agency-level data.

Noncredit Mobility Academy

The noncredit mobility academy will support states as they build capacity to better realize the potential of noncredit education and increase economic mobility for learners who begin their postsecondary journey through noncredit programming.

Pursuing Alignment for Student Success Across Higher Education Institutions & State Agencies

The Pursuing Alignment for Student Success Across Higher Education Institutions & State Agencies (PASS) project supports the alignment of student success policies and practices between state agencies, state systems, and higher education institutions.

Rural Talent Development and Attraction Lab

This project aims to strengthen rural postsecondary opportunities by helping five states develop and implement statewide plans that expand middle-skill credential pathways (associate degree or undergraduate certificate) directly aligned with local workforce needs.

State Higher Education Funding in a Dynamic Environment

SHEEO is working to provide practical tools, updated research, and targeted guidance to strengthen higher education funding models through a State Higher Education Finance Network and new research studies.

State Authorization

SHEEO has launched a series of projects to map the state authorization landscape and help states improve their authorization processes.

SHEF: State Higher Education Finance

The SHEF report provides in-depth analysis of the trends in higher education finance on state and national levels.

State Postsecondary Data

SHEEO is the higher education community’s primary source of information regarding the capacity and effective use of state postsecondary data systems.

State Priorities for Higher Education Survey

The State Prioriites for Higher Education Survey is distributed to higher education leaders in the fall each year to determine top policy issues and priorities for the upcoming year.

Strong Foundations

The Strong Foundations project seeks to understand the state of postsecondary data systems. Multiple iterations of the Strong Foundations survey and associated reports document the content, capacity, effective use, and evolution of state postsecondary data systems.