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Strategic Data Use in Higher Education: Using Data to Improve Postsecondary Success

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Like many other elements of the American economy, higher education is working to realize the potential of sophisticated data analytics to inform and transform how it operates. In August 2019, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), EDUCAUSE...

Strategic Data Project

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Collaborate with the Strategic Data Project to equip education leaders with the data, tools, and insights they need to improve outcomes.

 

 

 

Webinar - New Strategic Data Project Partners

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We invite education organizations interested in hosting a fellow for Cohort 8 of the Strategic Data Project Fellowship to join this webinar and learn more about the program. Webinar viewing details will be provided to those who sign up in advance of the...

Strategic Data Project Convening 2017

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The seventh annual Strategic Data Project (SDP) Convening will take place in Boston, MA on May 17–19, 2017. The event brings together fellows, partners, practitioners, researchers, and leaders in the field of education to discuss the role that data...

Wake County announces partnership with the Strategic Data Project

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The Wake County Public School system announces its partnership with the Strategic Data Project in the following Raleigh Pubic Record article. A $700,000 grant awarded by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University is set to begin...

Strategic Data Project (SDP) Fellowship: NYU Wagner Career Fair

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Meet us at the NYU Wagner career fair to learn how you can become a Strategic Data Project (SDP) Fellow.

Strategic Data Project Fellowship Orientation for Cohort 5

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In October 2013, the Strategic Data Project (SDP) welcomed Cohort 5 of the SDP Fellowship. The orientation event marked the launch of the two-year program for 44 fellows and 34 supervisors—SDP's biggest cohort yet. SDP Fellows will support efforts to...

Strategic Data Project to Launch Fellowship in Higher Education

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Initiative will support institutions of higher education in making evidence-based improvements to their career and technical education programs Cambridge, MA (January 31, 2020)—Through a grant from the ECMC Foundation, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), an...

Madison Area Technical College to receive 2024 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project   

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This year’s award recognizes the college’s data-driven approach to identifying and addressing barriers faced by student-parents.   BOSTON, May 1, 2024— The Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University...

Harvard’s Strategic Data Project to explore higher education network

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With proven impact in K-12 policy and practice, SDP awarded planning grant to support college degree completion and more Cambridge, MA (July 31, 2019)—The Strategic Data Project (SDP), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at...

The Early Learning Journey: Connecting Preschool Data to Elementary Outcomes

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The Early Learning Journey is a collaboration between the Strategic Data Project and representatives from Boston Public Schools, the California Department of Education, Chicago Public Schools, the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and

South Bend Community School Corporation to receive 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award from Harvard’s Strategic Data Project

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BOSTON, May 8, 2025—The Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University announced South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) as the winner of the 2025 Strategic Data Excellence Award. The award...