Vision

The RP Group envisions itself to be a change agent at local, state, and national levels that addresses longstanding injustices to ensure that students’ demographics do not predict their postsecondary success.

Goals

1. 1.Inclusion of Student Voice: Validate and uplift student voice and lived experience within the organization and in local, regional, and statewide planning and policy development.
2. 2.IRPE as change agents: Empower IRPE professionals to advocate for improvements that advance student-centered institutional and systemic change at the local, regional, and statewide levels.
3. 3.Growing and sustaining the IRPE community: Actively engage the community college system in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of a diverse and inclusive body of research and planning professionals that intentionally reflects our students.