1. Massachusetts Community Colleges & Workforce Development m Transformation Agenda Transformation Agenda Summer Gathering August 20, 2014 Session 1E & 2E: Using & Sharing Data for Student Success This workforce solution is 100% funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, TAACCCT grant agreement # TC-22505-11-60-A-25.The solution was created by the grantee and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership. Massachusetts Community Colleges are equal opportunity employers. Adaptive equipment available upon request for persons with disabilities. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

2. Employment after College Transformation Agenda Summer Gathering August 20, 2014 Jonathan Keller, Senior Assoc. Commissioner for Research, Planning and Information Systems Beth Ashman, Workforce Research Specialist

3. 3  Addressing the needs of administrators, advisors, faculty, legislators and agencies proving grant funds  Promoting Data/Research Driven Decision-Making  Ensuring Student/Worker Privacy  Documentation/MOUs  De-Identification  Aggregate Analyses Merging Unit-Record Data

4. 4  Most comprehensive and accurate assessments of the post- graduation employment of Community College graduates.  No small response rate  No sample bias  No self-report error  Data can be analyzed based on a variety of factors (Degree Levels, Degree Fields, Student Demographics, Geographic Region, Industry of Employment, Earnings Levels…)  Pre and Post Education Employment Matches.  Various Cohorts…e.g. employment outcomes for individuals who are no longer students, but did not complete a degree. Benefits of Employment Match Data

5. 5  “Found employed in Massachusetts” not complete “employment rate” because we use MA UI records.  Does not currently include:  Out-of-State  Self-employed  Military  Anyone employed in a job that is not covered by UI.  Does not include “Job Code”, only “Industry Code”  Earnings are not always uniformly reported. Caveats: Employment Match Data

6. 6  Maintain minimum aggregation requirements  Vet analyses with each of the campuses  Document methodology  Provide appropriate context and caveats  Develop reports and reporting tools that are useful and user-friendly Data Reporting Policies & Requirements

7. 7  What are the questions you want to answer with these data?  Who are the audiences for these data and what would best meet their needs? Questions for all of us

8. 8 Inform choices Student Feedback for program improvement Faculty and Programs Feedback for resource allocation Institutions Accountability & Telling the Higher Education Story System Multiple Audiences

9. Examples from Other States

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17. First Look at Massachusetts Data Preliminary data August 2014

18. 18 Found Working in Massachusetts Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Higher Education. Provisional data. Aug. 2014.

19. 19 Year 1 Earnings by Field of Study All community colleges, all graduates all levels of certificate or degree, selected health fields

20. 20 Employment Rates and Earnings

21. 21 Full-Time Earnings Calculated using a threshold (proxy for FT earnings) 1 Year after Earning an Associate’s Degree from a MA Community College

22. 22 410101 Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Certificate (0-1 Year) Middlesex Community College Where Graduates are Employed One Year After Graduation Major Industry Sector Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services38% Manufacturing23% Retail Trade15% Finance and Insurance8% Wholesale Trade8% Industry of Employment

23. 23 Working in Massachusetts Mfg 1 Year after Earning an Associate’s Degree or Certificate from a MA Community College

24. Supply and Demand Projections

25. 25 Vision Project Employer Demand for Associate’s Degrees-All Fields

26. The Future

27. 27  Future TAACCCT analyses and requirements  DHE Plans for future reporting  The U.S. Dept. of Labor is working to make data available across state lines through the Wage Record Interchange System 2. Massachusetts has not opted in.  Employment Outcomes that Include Multiple States, Self- Employment and Military Employment. (Maine example) The Future

28. Discussion What are the questions you want to answer with these data? Who are the audiences for these data and what would best meet their needs?

29. 29 Questions Contact information: Beth Ashman, Workforce Research Specialist, bashman@bhe.mass.edu