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Losing the richness of education data: Arts education and teacher research impacts
Dr. Ken Elpus from UMD shares how losing access to rich, national data like NCES’ affects the field of arts education and downstream users of the data.
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Summer melt is happening… the numbers to watch are not the temperature
It’s not just the temperature that’s on the rise right now… It’s also summer melt… that phenomenon where, even as this post is written, somewhere in the US a student who was planning to start college this fall is thinking that maybe they just won’t go…
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What We’re Losing When DOGE Cuts the U.S. Department of Education
By: Kathleen Flanagan, Ph.D. Department of Education Cuts The Federal Department of Education (ED) was largely decimated by the 2025 DOGE budget cuts. Staffing at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the research and measurement arm of ED responsible for running the federally mandated NAEP Program (e.g., the National Assessment of Educational Progress), was…
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U.S. Trends in Conferred Postsecondary Degrees in Health Professions
Conferred Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s Degrees in the Health Professions According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the numbers of conferred degrees in healthcare programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s levels in the United States have increased in recent years. For decades,…
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College decision time: Longitudinal data spotlight
It’s the time of year when college acceptances are rolling out to mailboxes and inboxes nationwide. How are potential enrollees making their choices?
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