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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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
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)

6. 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.

7. Administrator/Analyst Tools: compare career earnings

8. Administrator/Analyst Tools: compare career pathways

9. Student/Parent Tools: institution/program assessment

10. Student/Parent Tools: compare assessments plus mobile app

11. 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)

12. 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

13. Student/Parent Tools: selection criteria options