From the summary introduction: "On July 26, 2019, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a group of experts, including representatives from the College Completion Network, to discuss the current state of the field of research and practice for helping students navigate through postsecondary education. The decision to convene the TWG reflects IES’s commitment to investing in research that identifies effective strategies for assisting the broad population of postsecondary students as they make their way through a sequence of stages from application to degree completion."