Links to higher education research resource pages (specifically those related to institutional research, strategic planning, accreditation, institutional effectiveness, and outcomes assessment) are provided below. Please contact our office if there are links you would like to see included on this page.
Professional Associations
- Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
- Catholic Higher Education Research Consortium (CHERC)
- Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS)
- Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research and Planning (PNAIRP)
- Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
- National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
- National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH)
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
- National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
Organizations, Foundations, and Institutions
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU)
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Center for Postsecondary Research (at Indiana University)
- Center for the Study of Higher Education (at Penn State University)
- Center on Education and the Workforce (at Georgetown University)
- Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS)
- Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
- Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA
- Independent Colleges of Washington (ICW)
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
- National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
- National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
Higher Education Statistics
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- IPEDS (Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System) (NCES)
- College Navigator (NCES)
- Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA)
- National Study of Instructional Costs & Productivity (Delaware Study)
- The Condition of Education, 2000-2012 (NCES)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, Facts & Figures
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, Almanac of Higher Ed 2012
- Digest of Education Statistics, 1995-2011 (NCES)
- Projections of Education Statistics to 2020 (NCES)
Demographic and Economic Trend Data
- Employment Projections
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Journals & Publications
- American Educational Research Journal
- Assessment UPdate
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Educational Researcher
- Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
- Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
- Journal of HIgher Education (JHE)
- New Directions for Institutional Research (NDIR)
- Research in Higher Education
- Review of Educational Research
- Review of Higher Education
- Review of Research in Education