AASCU POLICY STATEMENTS
Support the continued development and utilization of comprehensive state data systems, and the advancement of an integrated network of state data
systems, based on common data elements, to serve as a privacy-protected state- based system of student level longitudinal data. According to a July 2010 study of state postsecondary data systems by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association, 45 states (including the District of Columbia) have at least one student unit record system. While the data contained in these systems varies widely both between and within states, a data element inventory revealed that of the 36 postsecondary data elements surveyed, 16 states collect between 32 and 36 of these elements. Further, 32 states collect and store K-12 academic history data, and 23 state agencies link or share data with K-12 state education agencies.
According to a July 2010 study of state postsecondary data systems by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association, 45 states (including the District of Columbia) have at least one student unit record system. While the data contained in these systems varies widely both between and within states, a data element inventory revealed that of the 36 postsecondary data elements surveyed, 16 states collect between 32 and 36 of these elements. Further, 32 states collect and store K-12 academic history data, and 23 state agencies link or share data with K-12 state education agencies.
Discourage federal efforts that require states to collect
overly burdensome or intrusive student data, while supporting data collection that directly informs key educational outcomes.
■ Encourage the federal government to issue clarifying guidance on permissible data sharing that does not undermine the integrity of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Advocate to hold states accountable for maintaining specific state appropriation levels to public higher education whenever the federal government provides additional, general support funds beyond historical, programmatic funding to ensure that federal dollars are not used to supplant existing state operating dollars.
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