PESC 2.0 - UNLOCKING THE 2.0 NLOCKING POWER OF DATAPostsecondary Electronic Standards CouncilPESC_1d5a53c4-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aPESC exists because organizations need data standards to operate in today’s national and international markets. In serving the public and its members, PESC is an objective, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization overseeing the data specification process that creates a trusted, open and collaborative environment ensuring neutrality and a common meeting place. PESC is the only data standards-setting body in higher education that identifies higher education as it primary target audience. PESC membership spans all sectors and stakeholders of education from colleges and universities; to data, software and service providers; to commercial and non-profit organizations; to state and federal government agencies, and; other higher education associations.Michael SessaMichael serves as president and chief executive officer of PESC - the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council, a non-profit 501(c)(3), community-based, umbrella association of colleges and universities; college and university systems; professional and commercial organizations; data, software and service providers; non-profit organizations and associations; and state and federal government agencies. As Executive Director, a position he's held since joining PESC in October of 2002, he promotes the organization and its mission nationally and internationally. Prior to PESC, Michael worked 10 years at American Student Assistance (ASA) as Director of Program Relations and Planning managing industry and government affairs and strategic technological initiatives. Under ASA and representing the National Association of Student Loan Administrators (NASLA), Michael served on the PESC Board of Directors from 1999 through 2002. He started his career in 1990 at The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank in retail consumer lending and compliance. Michael is a 1989 graduate of Dartmouth College and was born and raised in Revere, Massachusetts, just north of Boston. He currently resides in Washington DC where PESC is headquartered. Jennifer KimJennifer Kim joined the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council in June of 2005. Jennifer serves as the director of membership services and the coordinator of programs at PESC. She acts as a liaison to PESC member contacts, maintaining day-to-day relations and communications with the membership. Jennifer also works to identify and initiate contact with organizations that are engaged in similar endeavors as PESC, or that have an interest in seeing standards implemented within the higher education community. In addition, Jennifer is responsible for organizing and coordinating all operational issues related to PESC's Annual Fall and Spring Summits. Jennifer received her undergraduate degree from George Mason University and currently resides in Vienna, Virginia.Institutions of Higher EducationWith membership from all leading stakeholders in higher education, PESC was designated as the umbrella organization to coordinate and advocate for standardization and interoperability across higher education. We boldly accepted that mission and have worked diligently to establish a proven record of success and achievement. We now elevate the mission to the next level.CollegesUniversitiesData ProvidersSoftware ProvidersService ProvidersCommercial OrganizationsNon-Profit OrganizationsState Government AgenciesFederal Government AgenciesHigher Education AssociationsStandards Forum for EducationOn August 4, 2000, the PESC Board of Directors founded the Standards Forum for Education. XML development and applications were emerging in all industries, but PESC had identified an absence of any single organization responsible for developing XML business standards for the postsecondary community. The community embraced the Standards Forum for Education and together worked to develop and produce the first PESC approved standard, the XML Postsecondary Transcript, in July of 2004. Numerous development efforts have since taken place within the Standards Forum for Education and more and more are being proposed from within the community.PESC envisions national and international interoperability, that is a trustworthy, interconnected environment built by and between communities of interest in which data flows seamlessly from one system to another and throughout the entire eco-system when and where needed without compatibility barriers but in a safe, secure, reliable, and efficient manner._1d5a564e-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aThrough open and transparent community participation, PESC enables cost-effective connectivity between data systems to accelerate performance and service, to simplify data access and research, and to improve data quality along the higher education lifecycle._1d5a584c-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aEducationEducation is a true American value that should be available and affordable for all. We as a society hold near and dear to our hearts that every American is entitled to a good education. We struggle to make that education as affordable as possible without regulating or intruding too deeply into the autonomy of higher education.IndustryEducation is a true American industry that includes the private sector. Business stakeholders provide high quality products and services and expect, like in any business line, a profitable margin for providing those products and services.CompetitionOrganizations compete to attract better students, faculty, and/or funding. Competition can hinder collaboration as to protect competitive edge, openness is not always encouraged.CollaborationA unified education system requires collaboration. Stakeholders must work together in a common mission and purpose to ensure equal opportunity and service. Tradition and competition sometimes hinder collaboration.AnalysesComplexity commonly leads to unintended consequences. The complexity dealing with data and application incompatibilities is usually rooted in the methodology an organization employs in a specific sector or business process. Connecting to other sectors, other stakeholders or other applications is not incorporated in development plans. So rather than one system being able to snap or plug into another, a single-use and very cumbersome connector is built between systems. The unintended consequence is lack of support for analytics, longitudinal studies, and other forms of interchange.Interoperability and InterchangeWe accept and condone high IT costs by allowing them year after year. The historical use of information technology exaggerates costs by taxing institutions and stakeholders when data movement, reporting and interfaces are required across or between systems. The expenditures on information technology across education is spent locally by schools and institutions and departments, with little oversight and coordination. One can’t build a city without a city plan, codes and enforcement. Data systems can’t work together if expenditures are not managed to foster the goals of interoperability and interchange.Single-Use Turnkey SolutionsUnique nuances of certain institutions require customized integrations and implementations, sometimes very costly. As institutions struggle with keeping up with emerging technologies and with ensuring appropriate enrollment, single-use turnkey solutions seem the best approach.Investment EfficiencyAutonomy is often a muse for keeping the status quo. The proprietary designs and deployment are reinforced by “not invented here” motivations. Innovations are incremental and generally proprietary, reinforcing motivations to defend isolation and separation of systems and the management of data. Also, the governance of academic institutions complicates how systems are viewed inside and across the education ecosystem. Maintaining the status quo in data management is inefficient and ineffective use of the annual investment society makes in education data systems.Performance & ServiceAccelerate Performance & Service_1d5a5950-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a1PESC develops and identifies tools for operational efficiencies and performance improvement in student data exchange from postsecondary preparedness and initial access of the student from high school into the college environment through successful completion of the education experience and into the workforce._1d5a5a4a-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aCostReduce Cost_1d5a5b44-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a2PESC promotes cost effectiveness of data alignment across disparate systems and across sectors that help mitigate costs for state and local governments and institutions struggling to keep up with the demands of technology and real-time data exchange while maintaining competitive tuition rates._1d5a5c3e-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aCollaborative DevelopmentLead Collaborative Development_1d5a5d38-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a3Steering CommitteeWorkgroups are continuously formed and follow specific policies and procedures, governed by the Steering Committee of the Standards Forum.WorkgroupsPESC leads the establishment and facilitates the adoption and implementation of data exchange standards through direct community participation. _1d5a5e3c-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aData StandardsSet & Maintain Common Data Standards_1d5a5f4a-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a4Change Control Board (CCB)The Change Control Board (CCB) is the standing committee that reviews and approves standards.PESC serves as a standards-setting & maintenance body with open, balanced policies & procedures. _1d5a6062-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aBest PracticesPromote Best Practices_1d5a6184-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a5PESC highlights and supports successful business models for data standardization, access, and exchange. A competition is held each year and awards are provided each spring._1d5a62a6-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aLinksLink Public & Private Sectors_1d5a63d2-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a6_1d5a653a-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aExpertiseServe as Data Experts_1d5a667a-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a7Technical Advisory Board (TAB)The Technical Advisory Board (TAB) is the standing committee that provides technical expertise.PESC continuously improves its expertise and core competency in XML architecture and data modeling._1d5a67c4-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2a2009-11-122011-11-09http://www.pesc.org/library/docs/about_us/BusinessPlan11-12-2009.pdfOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net