Outcomes of Higher Education in Ohio

1. USING VISUALIZATION TO TURN DATA INTO
KNOWLEDGE: OUTCOMES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
IN OHIO
Kr istin Har low, Research Associate
Center for Human Resource Research
U s i n g D a t a t o I n f o rm P o l i c y , P r a c t i c e , a n d T e a c h e r S u c c e s s I C o l umb u s , O H I O c t o b e r 1 , 2 0 1 4

2. AGENDA
1. Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive
2. Higher Education and Wage Data
3. Data Visualizations
4. Visualization of Higher Education
Outcomes

3. OHIO LONGITUDINAL DATA ARCHIVE
Ohio
Longitudinal
Data Archive
(OLDA)
Ohio
Education
Research
Center
(OERC)
Center for
Human
Resource
Research
(CHRR)
Researchers
State Agents
Public Stakeholders
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4. 4
OHIO LONGITUDINAL DATA ARCHIVE
OLDA
Ohio Department
of Job and Family
Services
Individual Wages
and Employers
Employer
Information
Unemployment
Insurance Benefits
Workforce
Investment Act
Ohio Board of
Regents
Ohio Public Higher
Education
Student
Faculty
Ohio Technical
Centers
(formerly AWE)
Adult Basic and
Literacy Education
Ohio Department
of Education
Education
Management
Information
System (EMIS)
Student
Staff
District
Course

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ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
Benefits:
Population data
No cost of data collection
Access to detailed measures without burden to
respondents
Concerns:
Not collected for research purposes
Quality

6. Center for Human Resource Research
makes OLDA link-able
Create Pseudo-ID
Archive data by unique Pseudo-ID
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LINK DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

7. How much do graduates of Ohio’s higher
education institutions earn in the
workplace?
Does the type of degree impact
graduates’ earnings?
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POLICY QUESTIONS

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OLDA CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
OLDA
Ohio Department
of Job and Family
Services
Individual Wages
and Employers
Employer
Information
Unemployment
Insurance Benefits
Workforce
Investment Act
Ohio Board of
Regents
Ohio Public Higher
Education
Student
Faculty
Ohio Technical
Centers
(formerly AWE)
Adult Basic and
Literacy Education
Ohio Department
of Education
Education
Management
Information
System (EMIS)
Student
Staff
District
Course

9. HEI includes information from all Ohio public
colleges and universities.
Graduates from private colleges in Ohio are not
captured.
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HIGHER EDUCATION DATA

10. All wages reported to Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services (ODJFS) for
unemployment insurance purposes
Wage data excludes the following:
Wages from federal employers
 Earnings from self-employment
Wages from employment outside the state of Ohio
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WAGE DATA

11. Data Information Knowledge Wisdom
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CHALLENGES OF “BIG DATA”
How do we organize data to create
meaningful information and knowledge?
R.L. Ackoff, “From Data to Wisdom,” J. Applied Systems Analysis, vol. 16, 1989, pp. 3-9

12. Most effectively used by “data journalists”
New York Times excels
Map of Baseball Fans
Free tools available
Google Fusion Tables, Many Eyes, Tableau Public
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DATA VISUALIZATION

13. 13
FIRST ATTEMPT

14. 14
FIRST ATTEMPT

15. 15
FIRST ATTEMPT

16. 16
QUESTIONS SO FAR?

17. http://tinyurl.com/mv7whjq
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SIX YEAR OUTCOME VISUALIZATION

18. QUESTIONS?
harlow.19@osu.edu
connect@oerc.osu.edu |oerc.osu.edu