JOIN US! 🚨We’re hiring for a Senior Policy Analyst to conduct policy analysis, research, and provide project management on initiatives related to state higher education public policy. Learn more and apply today! sheeo.hiringthing.com/job/953824/sen…

💻 NEW PUBLICATION: Explore a descriptive analysis of common trends and differences in university consolidations and absorptions across institution type, year, and U.S. location. Check out the full report at sheeo.org/wp-content/upl… Adalberto Castrejón

SHEEO Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff Christina Whitfield is speaking at the North Carolina Community Colleges board meeting alongside Dr. Kate Akers, from Data Quality Campaign, about modernizing data systems. Also pictured is North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges Chairman Tom Looney.

There are countless reasons to apply for postsecondary education. From higher lifetime earnings, to better job satisfaction, and realizing the American dream - we all have our own why. Celebrate #WhyApply Day today, because #highered is worth it: whycollegematters.org

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🦉Coming Monday on #WeeklyWisdom: SHEEO President Rob Anderson shares leadership lessons from policy & systems – and what campuses can learn about collaboration & workforce alignment. Sept. 29 ⏰ 12:30pm ET | 9:30am PT With @InsideHigherEd Mainstay Carnegie Corporation of New York

Leadership at the system level is about translation, balance, and trust. Grateful for SHEEO President Rob Anderson’s perspective on how systems can fuel student success.

The FAFSA is still available during the government shutdown. Help students avoid these common mistakes and make a plan to complete their FAFSA this fall.

NEW BLOG: In the 2025 legislative session, state lawmakers considered nearly 400 bills related to financial aid for postsecondary education. Check out our latest blog by guest writer Andrew Smalley to learn about which bills made it past the finish line: ow.ly/hgeM50X5NUV

We’re in Phoenix this week with our seven state teams involved in our Basic Needs Data Academy. Kicking us off is Executive Director Chad Sampson and Student Regent Jaydn Fisher from the Arizona Board of Regents to set the stage on Arizona’s basic needs efforts.

Thank you to panelists from The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs and Trellis Research for unpacking data on food, housing, and financial insecurity and highlighting trends and how these metrics map to state policy levers.

Our next panel, representatives from ColeridgeInitiative and DISC WestEd, are providing practical tactics to link education, workforce, and human-services data to better integrate and act upon basic needs data in state data systems.

This afternoon we’ve heard from The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs about using FTI data to help streamline student access to public benefits and from Arizona State University and St. Mary's Food Bank on using data to create actionable insights.

President Rob Anderson and other SHEEO staff were in Michigan yesterday visiting with our members from MASU and MCCA. Thanks for sharing all the work happening in the Great Lakes state.

We’re back for another day of discussions around basic needs data. This convening and project would not be possible without support from ECMC Foundation and we’re pleased to hear about additional work in this area from ECMC’s Ireri Rivas Mier y Teran this morning.

As state teams work to develop mechanisms for collecting and using basic needs data to impact policies, Dr. Jaime Lester from Johns Hopkins University shares her experiences, strategies, and research on creating effective change within an organization.

Our final panel of the Basic Needs Data Academy is focused on exploring and navigating changes to federal data. Thank you to Trellis Research, WestEd, and The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs for walking us through these shifts and their potential implications.

Vice President for Government Relations Thomas Harnisch is in Mississippi today, speaking on a panel alongside Dr. Aaron Thompson Aaron Thompson and Scott Jenkins about federal policy changes and their impacts on higher ed during the inaugural Ascent to 55% Convening. Thanks for having us!

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