Looks at the factors that lead youth who have committed serious offenses to continue or desist from offending, including individual maturation, life changes, and involvement with the criminal justice system.

Provides information on the biology of stress which shows that healthy development can be derailed by excessive or prolonged activation of stress response systems in the body (especially the brain), with damaging effects on learning, behavior, and health across the lifespan.

Provides a national comparison of state policies and programs related to statewide apprenticeships. It focuses on state-level policies regarding apprenticeships, apprenticeship registration agencies, statewide programs, coordinating entities, and intentional connections between apprenticeships and postsecondary education. This 50-State Comparison does not include information on youth apprenticeships and industry-specific apprenticeships.

Breaks down the current state of student success, the profile of today’s student, the outcomes those students have seen recently, and the challenges higher education faces in order to break through to the kind of result University of South Florida has shown possible.

Analyzes state-level college affordability at two- and four-year public colleges, by focusing on the share of family income required to cover the net price paid by students at each income level. The report finds striking inequities in public college affordability, both within and across states.

Provides a database of higher education data. Users can browse and compare information about affordability, diversity, and student success. The site provides snapshots of important data for colleges, states, or type of school; allows users to look for data based on topics of interest; and enables users to create their own tables with any combination of colleges, variables, or years  in the database. 

Considers the degree to which events that intensify partying increase sexual assault. Estimates are based on panel data from campus and local law-enforcement agencies and an identification strategy that exploits plausibly random variation in the timing of Division 1 football games. The estimates indicate that these events increase daily reports of rape with 17-24 year old victims by 28 percent. 

Provides a library of information concerning assessment, evaluation, and research methodology. Resources include tutorials, FAQs, abstracts, digests, journals, web links, and other publications.