tag: Policy
Blog Post
March 19, 2025
How Have Institutions Responded to Transcript Withholding Limitations?
In recent years, institutions have started to move away from the practice of stopping students with unpaid balances from accessing their official transcripts. These transcript holds have been criticized as ineffective tools for debt collection and for their role in the creation of stranded credits, credits students have earned but cannot access. In July 2024, regulations from the Department of Education went into effect that limited this practice. By that time, at least 13 states had already adopted similar…
Research Report
March 19, 2025
Balancing Access and Accountability
Assessing the Implications of the New Federal Transcript-Hold Regulation for Higher Education - Part 3
This report is the third in a three-part series examining how institutions of higher education have responded to state and federal policies limiting the use of transcript holds for unpaid balances, produced in partnership between Ithaka S+R and AACRAO. Part 1 explored the anticipated impacts of the July 2024 federal regulation limiting transcript holds on higher education institutions in states that did not have existing laws related to the practice. Part 2 examined the actual impacts of state-level limitations on…
Past Event
November 23, 2024
Scholars in the Real World
Utilizing Research in Program Implementation and Policy Decision-making
At the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s (ASHE) 2024 General Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an interactive symposium will engage audience members to think critically about about how research is used in higher education policy. Using their roles as researchers, knowledge brokers, and decision-makers in roles adjacent to academia, panelists Ifeatu Oliobi, Emily Parrott, Kristen Glasener, Vikash Reddy, KC Deane, and Kyle Southern will illustrate specific examples of policy-relevant research, expanding the definition of “scholars” and “scholarship.” The…