Career Outcomes for Higher Education Graduates Decision-Making Tools for Universities and Prospective Students/Parents IBHE Board Meeting 9/19/17

Project Background Purpose of Project Assist university and college administrators to better prepare graduates for entry into the workforce and successful careers Allow transparency to prospective parents and students about the labor market experiences of graduates to make more informed decisions about their postsecondary choices Federal and State Funding Support Workforce Innovation Grant Fund Joint award IL Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and IL Dept of Employment Security (IDES) ~$12 million overall grant award (3rd largest of 26 awards); project funds ~5% of grant award Funding ended June 2017 State agency grants Funding ends June 2018

Existing Project Partnerships Public-Sector Partnership and Multi-Agency Collaboration IL Department of Employment Security Manage and implement strategic analysis Illinois State University (ISU) Execute production record matching and create data visualizations IL Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) Manage client technology services IL Board of Higher Education (IBHE) Serve as subject matter expert on Higher Education student records IL Community College Board (ICCB) Office of the Secretary of Education

Decision-Making Tools: Overview 1. Administrators/Institutional Analyst Portal Filter detailed display of career outcome measures Program of study, graduate demographics, graduate cohort Augment with IBHE Institutional Profile characteristics 2. Prospective Students/Parents Portal Assessment by institution or program of study Integrate career outcomes with affordability, progress to graduation, selectivity, enrollment, student diversity, distance to school Includes IBHE Institutional Profile, White House scorecard, and National Center for Education Statistics *Both portals are currently non-public facing Career outcome measures Career job stability Career earnings Mapping career jobs by industry/earnings across time

IBHE Initiative: Significant Features Initial Data Analysis 2010 cohort of 25,000 Higher Ed graduates representing 10 IBHE public institutions Institution-level data have been anonymized Student-level data by program study are actual 2011-2015 career outcomes for higher education graduates Career Outcomes Framework Conventional approach Individual-based measures (SSN as unit of analysis) Enhanced approach Job-based measures (pairing of SSN and Employer UI Account as unit of analysis) More accurate measure of career outcomes (hires, separations, earnings) Implemented at US Bureau of Census and able to compare graduate outcomes to all IL workers by demographic groups (benchmark)

Some Existing Portal Limitations Does not currently include intermediate degrees or continued education Implication: how to apportion career outcomes for multiple degree holders Regional breakdowns can be difficult Employer’s with multiple locations do not report worker earnings by where workers work Implication: how to control for geographic differences in cost of living as a component of wages Some visualizations need additional descriptors IDES and IBHE are working towards strategies to overcome these limitations and welcome your participation on the second iteration of these tools.

Administrator/Analyst Tools: compare career earnings

Administrator/Analyst Tools: compare career pathways

Student/Parent Tools: institution/program assessment

Student/Parent Tools: compare assessments plus mobile app

Next Steps (institution-level data non-anonymized) Timeline Fall 2017: Career outcomes for Higher Ed graduates representing 16 IBHE institutions displayed in Administrator/Institutional Analyst tools (non-public portal for IBHE institutions only) Spring 2018: Career outcomes for Higher Ed graduates representing all IBHE institutions displayed in Administrator/Institutional Analyst tools and Students/Parents tools (public portals)

Implementation Decision-Making Tools: partner with IBHE on strategic considerations Critical Data Representations Integrate workforce outcomes into life-long learning experience and inter-generational mobility Completed pilot with 2003 High School Seniors linked through 2015 to post-secondary enrollments/completions and workforce outcomes Map program study to probability-based, career-outcome trajectories based on life-long learning pathways Administrator/Institutional Analyst Tools IBHE determine client slots for Institution-specific analytical workspace Create template analytical reports Conduct user-generated analysis on matched student records Shared dashboard for aggregate outcome comparisons across institutions/program study Annual conference for institutional analysts to share best practices on outcome analysis, skill enrichment, and tools enhancement Prospective Students/Parents Tools Remediate source data Population of post-secondary institutions for inclusion (community college, public 4-year, private, not- for-profit …) Graduate data display (only the most recent graduates, cohort-based display, co-mingling of all institution-specific graduate records) Institution data display Create a seamless experience across institution scorecard, career/program study selection, and career outcomes Mitigate platform jumping (device-agnostic vs PC-centric) Conduct customer focus groups

Student/Parent Tools: selection criteria options