Aimee Guidera and Mamie Voight on Federal Unit Records: Use of Student Unit Records Data to Improve Higher Education Outcomes
Update: 2017-01-19
Description
Aimee Guidera and Mamie Voight discuss their perspectives on the value and nuances of adopting a Federal unit record system. In addition to issues that motivate interest, current status of data collection and challenges are addressed. Contributors elaborated on infrastructure requirements and improvements possible without a Federal system. Implications of non-adoption and evolution of the Congressional climate necessary for adoption were considered.
| Individual Questions: | ||
| Issues that motivate interest in student data systems (2:37 ) | ||
| Organizational collaborations (1:11 ) | ||
| Data collection system objectives focused on decision making (1:05 ) | ||
| Comprehensive nature of data collected (:48) | ||
| Challenges in the use of student level data systems (7:17 ) | ||
| Possible uses of a Federal unit record system (3:38 ) | ||
| One example of a successful state-wide longitudinal data system helping to ensure more students are prepared for college (2:59 ) | ||
| Investments and processes necessary to support use of longitudinal systems (2:03 ) | ||
| Data use improvements possible short of implementing a Federal unit record system (5:39 ) | ||
| Usefulness of an information infrastructure to determine the value of educational investment (4:28 ) | ||
| Use of data to improve student success outcomes (1:55 ) | ||
| Privacy, security and the importance of adopting best practices (6:29 ) | ||
| Lost opportunities resulting from the federal ban on unit records (8:44 ) | ||
| Evolving congressional climate and possible future policy interest in collecting and linking data (5:44 ) | ||
| RHE’s complete interview with Aimee Guidera, President and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) (31:54 ) | ||
| RHE’s complete interview with Mamie Voight, Director of Policy Research at the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP) (32:15 ) |
Podcast Intro and Exit music by Won (FLT RSK) / CC BY-NC 3.0 Produced in conjunction with the Average Guy Podcast Network
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