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“Action Analytics” at the State Level. Charlie Lenth Vice President for Policy Analysis and Academic Affairs State Higher Education Executive Officers Action Analytics Symposium September 21-22, 2009 . SHEEO’s Exploration and Continuing Development of “Analytics”.
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“Action Analytics” at the State Level Charlie Lenth Vice President for Policy Analysis and Academic Affairs State Higher Education Executive Officers Action Analytics Symposium September 21-22, 2009
SHEEO’s Exploration and Continuing Development of “Analytics” • Relevance of “knowledge management” concepts to higher education policy • Examine data and analytic needs that SHEEO could help meet • Explore technologies for multi-source, multi-function, multi-state use • Continue to develop internal capacity and external uses
“Voluntary” Institutional Reporting BenefitsChallenges • Mission based & self-referenced • Improves transparency • Focuses and re-energizes the institution • Accountability to students and constituencies • Actionable for purposes of improvement • Verification and comparability
State Public Accountability Frameworks • Kentucky’s “Five Questions” sets broad education agenda • “Minnesota Measures” with five “process” goals and multiple measures • Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Higher Education, with three concrete economic objectives
State-Level Data and AnalyticsBenefitsChallenges • Address state-level needs/goals • Provide “big picture” analytics • Stimulate state support and engagement • Make goals actionable at insti- tutional level • Link and use multiple data sources/types • Create new federal-state partnership
SHEEO State of State Postsecondary Data Systems Survey— 2009Preliminary Data Not for Citation
Action Analytics – Concluding Observations • Technology-based, but user driven • Not one model, but many • Change is the constant • Higher education (and policy) will be shaped by better analytics Charlie Lenth clenth@sheeo.orgwww.sheeo.org