Useful Links

• NCES Education Statistics — The perfect place for finding summary data about many issues in Higher Education.
• NCES College Navigator — Using this site you can find institution-level data about any institution or group of institutions. You can search by institution, type of institution, region, enrollments, programmatic offerings, etc. and find information about enrollments, degrees, staff, faculty, finances, and many other institutional characteristics. It is based on data that the institutions submit as part of their federal reporting requirements.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education — The best parts of this site are restricted to subscribers only, but Swarthmore users without their own subscription can access it through Tripod. Access is restricted to Swarthmore users only (on or off campus). At the Chronicle site, you can do article searches and access their annual "Almanac of Higher Education."
• Bureau of Labor Statistics — An amazing amount of useful economic information.
• NSF WebCASPAR — This is the place to go for institution-level science and engineering data.
• Pennsylvania Department of Education — This site is easy to navigate to find information about education at all levels in Pennsylvania.
• Outcomes Assessment Resources — The IR shop at NC State has compiled this very useful list of references and links to resources for conducting outcomes assessment.