Research Services & Reports

New Research: Fall Undergraduate Enrollment Showed Signs of Stabilizing in 2022
According to new research, Fall undergraduate enrollment showed signs of stabilizing in 2022, contracting only by 0.6% or about 94,000 students, compared to fall 2021.

A Look at the Year Ahead with Research Center Executive Director Doug Shapiro
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Executive Director Doug Shapiro discusses his top takeaways from 2022 and what’s to come in 2023.

National Student Clearinghouse Launches DEI Data Lab
The National Student Clearinghouse has launched the DEI Data Lab, a diversity, equity, and inclusion online initiative that will more widely share the Research Center’s nation-leading data and more.

Finding Opportunities to Boost Community College Enrollment
To help stem their enrollment declines, community colleges must communicate their value with hard data on employment prospects and income potential writes eCampus News.

Wishing You Happy Holidays and a Bright New Year!
Watch the National Student Clearinghouse 2022 holiday ecard.

National College Completion Progress Rate Stalls
Progress in the national college completion rate stalls, according to the latest Completing College report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The latest completion rate of 62.3% is essentially unchanged from last year’s rate of 62.2%. This follows a 1.2 percentage point improvement over the year earlier.

New Research Network to Study Pandemic Recovery by Community Colleges
In response to the critical need to combat community college enrollment drops and learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute of Education Sciences has named the Community College Research Center (CCRC) to lead a network of research teams studying promising recovery strategies.

More Than 100,000 Students Experienced An Abrupt Campus Closure Between July 2004 and June 2020
“A Dream Derailed? Investigating the Impacts of College Closure on Student Outcomes” is the first in a series of a joint research endeavors to quantify the impacts of college closure on students’ subsequent postsecondary enrollment and completion.

The Evolving Pathways and Data Needs Beyond Today’s Measures
Learn about the Clearinghouse’s work to address the education revolution supporting evolving pathways and institutional data needs beyond traditional measures.

myFootpath and Clearinghouse to Reengage More than 39 Million Students with Some College, No Credential
To help bring more than 39 million students back to college and help them earn a credential, the National Student Clearinghouse and myFootpath are partnering to bring the Clearinghouse’s StudentTracker Premium Service to colleges and universities, at no charge to the institution, to provide secure, dedicated access to university datasets.