Our Work

Public Investment in Higher Education: Research, Strategies, and Policy Implications

SHEEO undertook a systematic review of the research on the effects of public spending on student outcomes and coordinated an eight-week webinar series in which new original research was presented.

SHEEO Membership Report

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

A Dream Derailed? College Closures Research and Policy Implications

Leveraging a student-level longitudinal dataset constructed by the National Student Clearinghouse, SHEEO and the Research Center will use descriptive analyses, advanced data visualization techniques, and quasi-experimental research designs to examine what happens to students post-closure.

SHEF: State Higher Education Finance

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

SHEEO Publications

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

Pell Grants for Prison Education

Starting on July 1, 2023, any person who is incarcerated, regardless of sentence length or conviction history, will be eligible to draw on their Pell Grant allotment to pursue postsecondary education with an approved prison education program (PEP). Reinstatement of Pell eligibility calls for departments of corrections, state higher education agencies, and accreditors, among others, to collaborate on the approval and operation of prison education programs to enhance students’ access…

State Authorization

SHEEO has launched two projects meant to help states improve their authorization process.

Capacity Building Grant

Support for SHEEO to reevaluate its approach to fulfilling its mission within a changing national policy context.

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, and effective use of state postsecondary data systems.

SHEEO Government Relations

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

FAFSA Simplification

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

SHEEO|ASAP College Completion Coalition Learning Community

SHEEO is partnering with the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) Accelerate, Complete, and Engage (ACE) National Replication Collaborative. SHEEO will partner with CUNY ASAP to establish and launch a new learning community among state higher education leaders to replicate the CUNY ASAP|ACE model at scale to increase college completion rates within their community college sectors. Five states will be selected for $50,000 planning…

SHEEO Equity Work and Resources

SHEEO’s various equity projects and resources, including white papers, webinars, state resources, and various other items.

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.

Tuition and Fee Survey

SHEEO has produced the Tuition and Fee Survey report periodically since 1979 to gather data on tuition and fee-related topics and issues in higher education. Each survey reflects the social context it was created in as survey questions were revised based on decisions to collect information relevant for members of that period. Given the ongoing interest in the cost and affordability of postsecondary education, it is crucial to understand how…

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 Postsecondary Attainment Academy

The Attainment Academy is a collaboration between SHEEO and Education Strategy Group (ESG) to support states’ efforts to achieve attainment goals.