#  Postsecondary Impact 

 



##  Postsecondary Impact 

Many leaders in higher education are on a mission to use data to accelerate student success in college and the workforce.

SDP collaborates with systems and institutions of higher education to provide data tools, talent, and training that will help improve postsecondary and workforce outcomes at scale.



 

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##  The Strategic Use of Data Rubric for Postsecondary Education 

The Strategic Use of Data Rubric for Postsecondary Education is a resource developed by the SDP to provide direction and support to institutions in their efforts to transform data use. It is a tool that enables a structured and systematic assessment of an institution’s strengths and challenges around data use and can be used by educational leaders to identify specific highlight specific steps toward using data more strategically.

[Access the Rubric](/sdp-data-rubric-postsecondary)



 

##  Impact in Postsecondary Outcomes 

**More than 70 SDP Fellows have used evidence to answer critical questions facing postsecondary institutions and systems across more than 55 organizations.**

 

 



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 [### Cross-Institution Coursework Analysis

 ](/blog/tennessee-lighting-path-certificate-degree)SDP-CTE ECMC Foundation Fellow Jeff Tinley, Director of Institutional Research at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tennessee, leveraged enrollment and outcomes data for students enrolled in coursework at Roane State and Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), a local postsecondary institution, to understand rates of success.



 

 

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 [### Culturally Responsive Data Systems

 ](/blog/keeping-fire-establishing-culturally-responsive-data-systems-and-stewardship-advance-native)SDP Fellow Darius Taylor, Director of Equity, Education Innovation, and Research at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), established culturally responsive data systems and stewardship to advance native students’ postsecondary success.



 

 

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 [### Aligning CTE Offerings and Labor Market Needs

 ](/blog/beyond-numbers-using-qualitative-data-understand-cte-student-and-employer-needs)SDP-CTE Fellows Dr. Wyl Culling, a market research analyst at Lansing Community College, and Dr. Karen Hicks, director of assessment at Lansing, used quantitative and qualitative data to assess the alignment between CTE programs and local employers’ needs.



 

 

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 [### Developing Student Completion Metrics

 ](/blog/who-succeeds-cte-tracking-career-and-technical-education-student-outcomes)At Valencia College in Florida, SDP-CTE Fellows Dr. Christos Giannoulis, Senior Institutional Research Analyst, and Nichole Jackson, Director of Learning Assessment, analyzed student outcomes to establish a clear set of completion metrics based on student characteristics, chosen pathway, and program.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##  Resources and Research 

SDP provides free tools and resources to help postsecondary systems and institutions better manage, analyze, and use data to significantly improve student achievement:

 

 



 [### CTE Diagnostic Toolkit

 ](https://prod-sdp.drupalsites.harvard.edu/sdp-cte-diagnostic-toolkit)Understanding patterns of success among postsecondary CTE students: A diagnostic for institutional and system analysts, available in Stata and R



 

 

 [### Strategic Data Use in Higher Education

 ](https://cepr.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/wp_sdp_he_final_1_01.pdf)Recommendations for how we might improve the use of data analytics in higher education through its most important asset—people.



 

 

 [### SDP Education to Workforce Pathways Diagnostic Toolkit

 ](https://prod-sdp.drupalsites.harvard.edu/p20w-diagnostic-toolkit)A free diagnostic toolkit to answer questions about college-going, college-completion, and workforce outcomes of students in your state



 

 

 [### Summer Melt Toolkit

 ](https://prod-sdp.drupalsites.harvard.edu/summer-melt-tools)Resources to help get students to college on day one



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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