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Richard Hendra; Johanna Walter; Audrey Yu – MDRC, 2024
Government agencies collect vast amounts of administrative data in their day-to-day activities, primarily for program operations. But the information is less often used as a research tool or fully harnessed for its evidence-building potential. This brief is the fourth in a series of publications from MDRC about the Temporary Assistance for Needy…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Use, Evidence Based Practice, Program Administration
Ash, Katherine; Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda; Webber, Alison; Mortrude, Judy; Schill, Aaron – National Governors Association, 2022
The Digital Equity Act (DEA), a provision within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), includes a historic federal investment to promote digital equity, literacy, and inclusion. In particular, the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program will award nearly $1.5 billion in federal funds to states to support the…
Descriptors: Data Use, Technological Literacy, Data Collection, Story Telling
Bryant, Matt – Association for Institutional Research, 2021
Survey methodology is the dominant approach among universities in the United States for reporting employment outcomes for recent graduates. However, past studies have shown that survey methodology may yield upwardly biased results, which can result in overreporting of employment rates and salary outcomes. This case study describes the development…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Use, Labor Force, Institutional Research
Perry, Angela – Project on Student Debt, 2019
California has long been a national and global leader in developing and maintaining quality higher education options, as well as in providing financial aid and consumer protections for Californians who access that education. However, although California's colleges and the state government do collect, receive, and report a great deal of data, these…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Access to Information, Wages, Data Collection
Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Carlson, Julianna; Alvira-Hammond, Marta – Child Trends, 2021
This issue brief is one in a series examining timely topics that are relevant to Black families and children in the United States. The series identifies key information and opportunities for consideration by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, and others interested in supporting the progress of Black families and…
Descriptors: African American Family, African American Children, Public Policy, Access to Education
Hofer, Andrea-Rosalinde; Brüning, Nora – OECD Publishing, 2022
This country note presents the results of an analysis of undertake Portugal undertaken within the Labour Market Relevance and Outcomes of Higher Education Partnership Initiative project. The project was implemented by the OECD with the support of the European Commission with the aim of helping policy makers and higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Relevance (Education), Outcomes of Education