In this episode, our host, Kristin Wolff, talks with Paul Nissen and Vladimir Bassis. Paula is the Lead Education Program Consultant for Community College Management Information System (CC MIS) within the Iowa Department of Education; and her colleague, Vlad, has worked on data and analysis for the Iowa Departments of Human Services and Education for over 13 years. The two are colleagues and co-conspirators on Iowa’s education and workforce longitudinal data systems, supported in part by a US Department of Labor (WDIQ) grant.

They are relentless optimists in their assessment of where data integration is going and how it can help public and private sectors leaders, as well as individuals students and workers, make better decisions about their futures. That – and Sankey charts. See? Now you’ve got to have a listen.

For more information:

· All things Iowa data and reporting: https://educateiowa.gov/data-and-reporting · What is a Sankey? https://www.ifu.com/en/e-sankey/sankey-diagram/ · Iowa’s famous Sankey (give it a second to load): https://educateiowa.gov/iowa-community-college-program-outcomes-interactive-charts

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