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Without quality data about how college students are faring, we cannot make good decisions. The Institute of Education Sciences, an arm of the U.S. Department of Education, improves everyone’s work. We support the Institute for Higher Education Policy's call (with the Association for Education Finance and Policy) to restore the institute and follow federal law. #highereducation #highered #federallaw
📢 Breaking: IHEP Joins Lawsuit to Protect Federal Education Data and Research Today, IHEP and the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to stop its unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). For decades, IES has been the backbone of education research, producing the data and analysis that policymakers, institutions, and researchers rely on to improve student outcomes. “At IHEP, we rely on data from the Institute of Education Sciences to develop evidence-based insights about how all students access, afford, and make progress toward a college degree or credential,” said Mamie Voight, IHEP’s president & CEO. “As champions for postsecondary data, we feel a responsibility to act in the public interest to protect and preserve the information the field relies upon to better serve our nation’s students.” This lawsuit seeks to restore IES’s staff, contracts, and resources so it can continue its mission. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gRfWQkEy #SaveIES #HigherEd #EducationResearch #IES
