The Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium is a not-for-profit organization of private colleges and universities that assists member institutions in planning, management, institutional research, decision-support, policy analysis, educational evaluation, and assessment. HEDS fulfills its mission by assembling, analyzing, and sharing mutually agreed-upon and regularly updated historical information about member (and other) institutions, by offering professional development opportunities through a network of colleagues at other member institutions, and by providing other services including special studies, research reports, member conferences and workshops, and advisory services.

HEDS, as a member-driven consortium, values accuracy, integrity, trust, confidentiality, objectivity, collegiality, shared learning, and service to our member institutions.

The HEDS Consortium will be the preeminent organization serving the needs of private higher education for institutional research, decision-support, assessment, and the advancement of liberal learning, with a vibrant membership, innovative services, and an energetic community.