US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO): Doctoral Universities In the lifecycle of colleges and universities, the month of May has historically marked the end of many students’ journey through their academic pursuits and into the beginning of their careers. While most attention to student outcomes within higher education has remained focused on retention/persistence and…
Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in Texas In our previous blog post, we introduced the relatively new Outcome Measures (OM) calculated by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as a means for comparing institutions across a combination of three variables: Pell grant status, prior college experience (first-time or transfer), and attendance…
Using IPEDS Outcome Measures to Explore Graduation Rates in the United States Throughout the course of modern higher education in America, any discussion regarding student success (retention/persistence rates and graduation rates) has primarily involved a single group: first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students. Data reporting at the federal (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System [IPEDS]) and state (Texas…