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22nd Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Mamie Voight Vice President of Policy Research Institute for Higher Education Policy April 24, 2017

IHEP Policy Priorities 1. Elevate Effective Pathways for Increased Degree Attainment 2. Enhance Affordability and Reshape College Finance Systems 3. Promote and Improve Meaningful Accountability and Consumer Awareness 4. Support Communities and Critical Institutions Serving 21 st Century Students

Quality data to promote student success and educational equity

Quality data to promote student success Students and COMPLETION: How ACCESS: Which Families many—and students attend which—students which colleges? succeed in college? Need answers to Policymakers questions like… COST: How much OUTCOMES: How do students invest do students fare Colleges and in college? after college? Universities

Leading with Data: How Senior Institution and System Leaders Use Postsecondary Data to Promote Student Success 1. Lead by example to set a culture of data use for institutional improvement

Case Studies: Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Retention Projections Source: APLU and IHEP, “Quest for Success,” Using Data to Increase Student Success, March 2017.

Leading with Data: How Senior Institution and System Leaders Use Postsecondary Data to Promote Student Success 1. Lead by example to set a culture of data use for institutional improvement 2. Distribute data responsibilities widely

Leading with Data: How Senior Institution and System Leaders Use Postsecondary Data to Promote Student Success 1. Lead by example to set a culture of data use for institutional improvement 2. Distribute data responsibilities widely 3. Reach beyond campus boundaries to find and use data

Leading with Data: How Senior Institution and System Leaders Use Postsecondary Data to Promote Student Success 1. Lead by example to set a culture of data use for institutional improvement 2. Distribute data responsibilities widely 3. Reach beyond campus boundaries to find and use data 4. Save a seat at the data policy table

Policymakers are interested and continue to act Senate HELP white paper on consumer College Scorecard information Outcome reporting in Adding Pell data to WIOA IPEDS Researcher access to SLDS grants FSA data Senate HELP hearing on consumer information

We need quality data to answer unanswered questions • Policymakers, the public, students, and institutions can’t answer key questions about student access , success , outcomes , and equity , like: – How many non ‐ traditional students attend college and do they successfully complete credentials? – Do students who do not graduate transfer to other colleges and earn degrees, or do they drop out altogether? – How much debt are students accumulating in college, and can they repay their loans? – Are students obtaining employment in their field after college, and what do they earn ? – How much are students learning in college, and how are they contributing to society ?

METRICS: Which data are necessary? METRICS: INFRASTRUCTURE: Which data are How should the data be collected? necessary?

Convergence on Needed Metrics: A Postsecondary Metrics Framework

Dozens of voluntary initiatives show convergence on postsecondary metrics Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Toward Convergence: Metrics Framework Source: Amanda Janice and Mamie Voight, Toward Convergence: A Technical Guide for the Postsecondary Metrics Framework, Institute for Higher Education Policy, May 2016.

INFRASTRUCTURE: How should the data be collected? METRICS: INFRASTRUCTURE: Which data are How should the data be collected? necessary?

Current state: Incomplete, duplicative, disconnected systems; high burden, limited utility 17

Ideal state: Identifying the critical path for a national data network National Data System Options IPEDS ‐ I (aggregate IPEDS ‐ S institution data) (aggregate student data) Federal Federal Student ‐ Student Aid National Institutions Level Data Data System /States System Private Student ‐ SSA/IRS Level Data System Federated Other Federal Student ‐ Programs/ Level Data Agencies System (ED, DOL, DOD/VA)

The challenge: Data systems must adapt to an evolving higher education landscape Choluteca Bridge, Honduras

Stay in touch! Mamie Voight Vice President of Policy Research Institute for Higher Education Policy mvoight@ihep.org Visit www.ihep.org and www.ihep.org/postsecdata Follow us @IHEPTweets and @PostsecData