The SDP Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Data Community of Practice and Fellowship
The SDP Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Data Community of Practice
The SDP Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Data Community of Practice is a grant-funded two-year program that develops IFS MSI data leaders in their analytic, research, and decision-making skills, while crafting a community of practice to share the unique successes, advancements, and challenges of their institutional context.
These fellows will focus on four focus areas: data governance and systems; pathways analytics for student success; data communication and literacy; and student voice.
Partnering institutions will include Minority Serving Institution (MSI), Predominantly Black Institution (PBI), Historically Black College or University (HBCU), and/or Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) institutions that are current partners of Gates Intermediaries for Scale organizations.
Eligible institutions intend to or currently use the Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) to understand student success metrics. Institutions that join this cohort will build their own internal capacity to answer critical questions using data and inform a key assessment of the MSI data landscape.
Each component in isolation was valuable, but the cumulative effect was a very efficient and helpful curriculum for people with and without research backgrounds. The ability to discuss problems, potential solutions, and research design with peers who all shared the background at a 2-year school was incredibly helpful and went way beyond the value of attending a research conference.
The sessions themselves were also useful and provided valuable insight and feedback into how to frame our problem to be more dynamic, flexible, and impactful. The SDP team is amazing, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you all and value your support and insight along this journey.