The Illinois Higher Education Consortium

1. The Illinois Higher Education Consortium Presented By: John Evans, Jason Goldfarb, Marilyn Marshall, and Larry Schilling

2. Presentation Overview • Illinois Higher Education Consortium • Final data collection cycle for ISEG • Future Plans • Questions

3. Summary of Public Act 096-0107, Senate Bill 1828 • Public Act 096-0107 96th General Assembly (SB1828) • July 20, 2009 –Effective Date • June 30, 2013 –Full Functionality Target Date • By codifying ILDS, establishes long-term commitment and common vision • Cross sector • Public P-12 education – early childhood education • Public and independent higher education

4. ILDS Legislature –SB1828 • Aligned with national initiatives • Data Quality Campaign’s 10 Essential Elements • Required for participation in federal grants • Collaboration with local partners across levels and sectors • Change the culture • Increase access to information and data • Data driven improvements to practice • Research & reports to the General Assembly • Strengthen educational policy in Illinois

6. ILDS – Higher Education

7. Illinois Higher Education Consortium • Meets requirements of P-20 LDS Act • IBHE authorized to meet requirements of State or federal government • Voluntary, collaborative effort to maintain higher education data • Establish and administer data collection, storage, and management • Non-participating institutions required to submit data to IBHE

8. Participating Institutions

9. IHEC Governing StructureGoverning Board • Manages and directs IHEC • Voting, two each: Community College, Private Institutions, Proprietary Institutions, Public Universities • Non voting: IBHE, ISBE, ICCB, FIICU, ISAC • Annual meeting of participating institutions • Designate institution as IHEC Administrator • Establish annual plan, budget, and schedule • Determine qualifications, hiring of Executive Director • Standing committees – Data Access and Use, Technical, Data Elements, and Report Development

10. IHEC Governing StructureStanding Committees • Data Access and Use Committee • Recommend policies, procedures, and standards for approving or disapproving data sharing authorizations • Data Elements Committee • Recommend the data elements that must be submitted • The schedule for data submissions • The data standards for such submissions

11. IHEC Governing StructureStanding Committees (Cont.) • Technical Advisory Committee • Recommend the configuration of systems, hardware, software, networking, and other technical specifications. • Report Development Committee • Recommend the format and standards for generating reports.

12. Data Collection • Student Demographics • Test Scores • High School History • Enrollment Information • Transfer History • Academic Progress • Program Graduation • Financial Aid Indicators • Institutional Information

13. Illinois Higher Education ConsortiumData Access and Use • For audit or evaluation or education research, in a manner permitted by FERPA (the overarching principle) • To an authorized representative (such as IBHE, ICCB) for improvement of instruction • To an individual or organization to undertake education research (such as faculty who have been approved for research through the Data Access and Use committee) • To participating institution where a student has enrolled or was previously enrolled

14. ISEG Data Collection • Fall 2011 • Same elements and submission format • Public data will be archived at NCSA • High School to College Success Report • IHEC to replace ISEG

15. Future Plans • Data Collections • Fall 2011 – Public Institutions Submit Data • Fall 2011 – ISEG Collection • June 2012 – ILDS populated with public university and community college higher education data • July 2012 – Annual Meeting • June 2013 – ILDS populated with private university higher education data

16. Future Plans (Cont.) • Designate a participating institution as the IHEC Administrator • Slate Standing Committees: • Data Access and Use • Technical • Report Development

17. Questions