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Through research, collaboration, and innovation, Ithaka S+R informs policy, guides strategies, and builds evidence-based tools to broaden access to postsecondary education, improve student and workforce outcomes, and advance scholarship. Learn more about our work.

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Generative AI Product Tracker

Discover an up-to-date list of generative AI products developed or marketed for postsecondary teaching, learning, and research.

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Justice Initiatives

Through strategic research, field-building partnerships, and expert advising, we’re expanding access to knowledge, education, and cultural expression for incarcerated people.

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Credit Mobility

We’re working to improve the transfer process through research and new tools that enable students to chart their higher education journey. Explore our projects and initiatives.

Assessing Comprehensive Support for First-Generation Student Success

New Findings and a Dashboard from the Kessler Scholars Program Evaluation

Ifeatu Oliobi, Ini-Abasi Umosen

Incorporating Environmental Perspectives into AI Literacy

Announcing a New Mellon-Funded Project

Claire Baytas, Dylan Ruediger

The Benefits of Institutional Debt Relief for Adult Learners

Three Years of Evidence from Northeast Ohio

Brittany Pearce, Joanna Dressel

How First-Generation Students Engage with Comprehensive Support

Lessons from an Evaluation of the Kessler Scholars Program

Ifeatu Oliobi, Jennifer May-Trifiletti, Ini-Abasi Umosen, Caroline Doglio

Research Report

February 23, 2026

Art Museum Director Survey 2025

Museum Strategy and Operations

Deirdre Harkins, Ioana G. Hulbert, Ellen Carroll

Research Report

February 18, 2026

Beyond the Median: Earnings Dispersion Across Programs in South Carolina

Findings from Postsecondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Data

Cameron Childress, Elise Miller McNeely

Faculty and the Transfer Process

The Critical Role of Faculty in Boosting Credit Acceptance and Learner Mobility

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Basic Needs Data

We have developed a resource to help higher education stakeholders create, scale, and maintain a data collection process on students’ basic needs.

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Teaching and Learning

We research the evolving nature of instruction in college classrooms, examining how teaching practices are changing over time.