Knowledge is Power: Data Literacy for College Counselors
In an era where it seems like there's access to more information than ever, how do college counselors parse through the noise to find reliable data sources, understand data sets, and convey information to students and parents? This session will introduce an overview of data sources in higher education, including IPEDS, Common Data Set, and College Scorecard. It will also review how to gather and utilize data for use in college counseling, and provide recommendations to get started and stay up to date on the latest data trends in higher ed.
Presenters
- Eric Rath | eric@ratheg.com
- Cyndy McDonald | cyndy@cyndymcdonald.com
Show Notes
Carmen collects links discussed and used in the Friday Forum. Here are a number from this week's session.
Eric's Resources
- https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
- https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
- https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/
- http://collegeresults.org/
- https://www.collegedata.com/
- https://commondataset.org/
- https://data.ed.gov/data_explorer/campus-safety
- https://parsehub.com/
Instant Data Scraper: Chrome extension
Contact Information
Eric Rathe: eric@ratheg.com
Leigh Moore: leigh@moorecollegedata.com
Chat Links
- https://jeffselingo.com/which-colleges-are-really-buyers-and-which-are-sellers/
- https://youtu.be/uFiNRO2In1U
- https://livingwage.mit.edu/
- https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/
- scholarshipstats.com
- https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/
- Jeff & Jennie's Big Data 2022 (cyndymcdonald.com)
- https://www.highereddatastories.com/
See article on Private Colleges and Discount, 2020, published Oct 28, 2022. https://www.highereddatastories.com/2022/10/private-colleges-and-discount-2020.html
Slide Presentation
View Eric's slide presentation. This was presented at the recent IECA conference. The slides are offered through Slideshare. You will need a free Slideshare account to download the slides.