Postsecondary Education

IES is currently accepting applications for this research program. For your convenience, you may download the full FY 2009 Education Research RFA below.

Download the full 84.305A Education Research RFA
Download, view, & print as a PDF (586 KB)

Note: FY 2009 applicants that include subawards for work conducted at collaborating institutions should use this template to provide subaward budget information.
Download, view & print the form as an Excel file (164 KB).

Description of Research Program

The Institute intends for the Postsecondary Education research program to address five goals: (1) identifying policies, programs or practices that are associated with improving access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education; (2) developing new programs, practices, or policies that are intended to improve access to, persistence in, or completion of, postsecondary education; (3) evaluating the efficacy of programs, practices, or policies that are intended to improve access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education; (4) providing evidence on the effectiveness of programs, practices, or policies for improving access to, persistence in, or completion of, postsecondary education when they are implemented at scale; and (5) developing and validating assessments of cognitive (e.g., problem-solving, creativity, writing) and social cognitive (e.g., communication and interpersonal) skills that are outcomes of postsecondary education.

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