Showcases

Showcase Recording

This virtual showcase featured the latest insights from our 2025 Research Grant recipients and highlighted new research and dashboards that advance our understanding of education-to-workforce outcomes using PSEO data.

Following a competitive call for proposals in winter 2025, the Coalition awarded five $15,000 grants to research teams exploring innovative ways to use PSEO data. The September showcase presented the results of these projects across two tracks – Research Reports and Dashboards.

All research and tools featured are available in the PSEO Coalition Resource Library.

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Highlighted Tools

Research Reports

• Exploring Outcomes in Education Fields
  Allison C. Bell & Gina Johnson
  This report uses the Connective Data and Dashboard Strategy (CDDS) to demonstrate how the PSEO Explorer can answer questions about the earnings and geographic flow of graduates from baccalaureate education programs.
• Graduate Debt & Earnings
  CJ Libassi & Julia Turner
  A new look at long-term earnings by debt load, degree type, and income percentile for doctoral programs of professional practice.
• Community College Baccalaureates
  Riley Acton, Kalena Cortes, Lois Miller, Camila Morales & Julia Turner
  The first national analysis of labor outcomes for CCB graduates—mobility, industry match, and salary outcomes.

Dashboards

• Benchmarking Across Borders
  Vladimir Bassis & Paula Nissen
  Iowa’s community college outcomes get a national comparison using enhanced PSEO data and regional adjustments.
• Montana’s Education-Wage Link
  Eric Meredith
  A cross-sector analysis revealing the relationships between degrees, industries, and wages across Montana.
• Dashboards at Scale
  University of Utah’s Analytics & Institutional Reporting Office
  Extending PSEO-powered dashboards to benchmark student outcomes across R1 and AAU institutions.

Who Should Attend

This showcase is ideal for professionals and decision-makers involved in education and workforce development, including:

• State Postsecondary and Workforce Agency Personnel – Leaders, data analysts, and administrators aiming to enhance data systems to support education-to-workforce transitions.
• Institutional Researchers, Leadership, and Faculty – Administrators, faculty, and researchers interested in data related to learner outcomes, earnings, and career pathways post-graduation.
• Data and Policy Organizations – Researchers, advocates, and data specialists focused on open data initiatives and educational policy, seeking to strengthen data accessibility and transparency.
• Nonprofit Organizations and Foundations – Organizations involved in advancing workforce equity and access, interested in the latest approaches for data-driven decision-making.
• And others who contribute to or utilize workforce-related data systems.

The PSEO Coalition 2025 Virtual Showcase brought together institutional, system, state, and national postsecondary professionals focused on data collection and use to discuss and advance a more connected and robust education-to-workforce data ecosystem. We explored innovations and best practices that are helping states enhance their education-to-workforce data systems.

Session 1: Strengthening States’ Education-to-Workforce Data Ecosystem

• Welcome – Dr. Rachel Boon, Chief Academic Officer, Iowa Board of Regents
• Plenary – Dr. Ben Boggs, Commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development
• Orientation to the Showcase – Dr. Gina Johnson, Director, Postsecondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Coalition

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Session 2: Demonstrating How Higher Education Can Positively Impact a Person’s Life

• Dr. Melissa Humphries, Assistant Commissioner of Data Management and Research, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
• Steve Rogness, Research Analyst, Minnesota Office of Higher Education
• Michael Vente, Chief Performance Officer, Colorado Department of Higher Education

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Session 3: Integrating PSEO Data to Enhance Understanding of Educational and Employment Landscapes

• Dr. Kara Plamann Wagoner, Director of Institutional Research, Analysis, and Planning Office, University of Hawai‘i System
• Dr. Jason Pontius, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Iowa Board of Regents
• Dr. Christopher Peña, Assistant Professor of the Practice, University of Denver and Intern Supervisor, PSEO Coalition
• DiviyaBharrathi Barathwaaj, Master of Science in Management Information Systems Candidate, Northern Illinois University
• Sai Teja Tadikonda, Master of Science in Management Information Systems Candidate, Northern Illinois University