This paper, the second in a two-part series, documents the financial trade-offs made by postsecondary institutions as they hire more part-time contingent faculty.

This report discusses the returns to noncredit-bearing credential and licensure pathways compared with credit-bearing credential and associate degree programs.

This Statistics in Brief examines the distribution of college majors between the classes of 1992–93 and 2007–08. It also explores how the relatedness of 2007–08 bachelor’s degree recipients’ jobs to their college major differs from that of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients, 4 years after receiving their bachelor's degrees.

This report captures the findings from a scan of free college tuition program websites in spring 2021 and includes considerations for practitioners and policymakers as well as research needs for advancing the field. 

In collaboration with Money Magazine, researchers from AIR analyzed and ranked U.S. bachelor’s-degree granting institutions based on their quality (e.g., six-year graduation rate; value-added graduation rate), affordability (e.g., net price; debt), and value (e.g., earnings; social mobility) to help families navigate the postsecondary decision-making process.

This report describes the results from a statewide study of the implementation of corequisite courses in Texas community colleges.

This brief highlights evidence-based practices related to early college high schools that promote college and career readiness.

This paper, the first in a two-part series, profiles the contingent workforce across postsecondary institutional types.

This manual provides an overview of Texas’s statewide educator preparation indicators and performance standards for a variety of stakeholders.

This brief summarizes findings from a recent study on the relative return to two training pathways to middle skills — credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing credentialing.