Strong Foundations 2018

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The 2018 Strong Foundations Report documents the content, structure, and effective use of state postsecondary data systems. The most recent report highlights states’ abilities to calculate performance metrics, an examination of which educational sectors are covered by these systems, and an analysis of benchmark privacy and security practices.

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SHEEO Communities of Practice: Aligning Postsecondary Education and the Workforce

Tue, Dec.03, 2019
Denver, CO

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What states can link postsecondary and workforce data?

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47 agencies in 42 states currently link or plan to link postsecondary to workforce data.

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Strong Foundations

Postsecondary student unit record systems are the primary means for states to collect data and analyze student progress, completions, and outcomes. Since 2010, SHEEO has conducted surveys of state postsecondary data systems to better understand the “state of state postsecondary data.” Multiple iterations of the Strong Foundations survey have documented the content, capacity, and effective use of state postsecondary data systems.

Strong Foundations 2018: The State of State Postsecondary Data Systems

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Strong Foundations 2016: The State of Postsecondary Data Systems

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Communities of Practice

SHEEO’s Communities of Practice project is focused on increasing the capacity and utilization of state postsecondary data systems, and providing a forum for states to work on solutions to common issues with those systems.

SHEEO Communities of Practice: Aligning Postsecondary Education and the Workforce

December 03, 2019
Denver, CO
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SHEEO Communities of Practice: Developing Guided Pathways and Financial Aid Metrics in State Data Systems

April 17, 2019
Seattle, WA
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Supporting a System-Wide Student Success Agenda

by Lori Prince Hagood, research associate, Research & Policy Analysis, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

The University System of Georgia (USG), in an effort to raise statewide degree attainment to 60% by 2025, has launched an ambitious set of system-led student success projects. This work began in earnest in 2011 with the Complete College Georgia (CCG) initiative, in partnership with Complete College America, and has expanded over the last two years to include the Momentum Year, a collection of first-year efforts designed to improve student…

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Making a Case for Using Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) Ranges in State Data Systems

by Sherry Proper, financial aid and policy & strategy specialist, University of Hawaiʻi System

College affordability through the implementation of various financial aid programs has been the goal of not only the federal government, but also of state governments, numerous philanthropic organizations, and many individual postsecondary institutions. Financial aid data, especially metrics regarding unmet need, can be very helpful in determining the effectiveness of financial aid awarding strategies on college affordability. The University of Hawai‘i has developed several metrics around the use of EFC…

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