From Practice to Policy: How Institutions Leverage Data to Improve Outcomes

Data collection and analysis are often the first step in transformational change. While policymakers explore options for building the state’s first early education to workforce (P-Workforce) statewide longitudinal data system, local data-driven initiatives offer important takeaways. This brief explores how one institution, the University of California, Riverside (UCR), used data to improve completion rates and reduce time to degree.