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 nationaland 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 createsa trusted, open and collaborative environment ensuring neutrality and a commonmeeting place. PESC is the only data standards-setting body in higher education thatidentifies higher education as it primary target audience. PESC membership spans allsectors and stakeholders of education from colleges and universities; to data, softwareand service providers; to commercial and non-profit organizations; to state and federalgovernment 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 wasdesignated as the umbrella organization to coordinate and advocate for standardizationand interoperability across higher education. We boldly accepted that mission and haveworked diligently to establish a proven record of success and achievement. We nowelevate 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 forEducation. XML development and applications were emerging in all industries, butPESC had identified an absence of any single organization responsible for developingXML business standards for the postsecondary community. The community embracedthe Standards Forum for Education and together worked to develop and produce thefirst PESC approved standard, the XML Postsecondary Transcript, in July of 2004.Numerous development efforts have since taken place within the Standards Forum forEducation and more and more are being proposed from within the community.PESC envisions national and international interoperability, that is a trustworthy, interconnectedenvironment built by and between communities of interest in which dataflows seamlessly from one system to another and throughout the entire eco-systemwhen 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-effectiveconnectivity between data systems to accelerate performance and service, to simplifydata access and research, and to improve data quality along the higher educationlifecycle._1d5a584c-0b50-11e1-9073-893a7a64ea2aEducationEducation is a true Americanvalue that should be availableand affordable for all. We as asociety hold near and dear to our heartsthat every American is entitled to agood education. We struggle to makethat education as affordable as possiblewithout regulating or intruding toodeeply into the autonomy of highereducation.IndustryEducation is a true American industrythat includes the private sector.Business stakeholders provide high qualityproducts and services and expect, like in anybusiness line, a profitable margin for providingthose products and services.CompetitionOrganizations compete to attractbetter students, faculty, and/orfunding. Competition can hindercollaboration as to protect competitiveedge, openness is not alwaysencouraged.CollaborationA unified education system requirescollaboration. Stakeholders must worktogether in a common mission and purpose toensure equal opportunity and service.Tradition and competition sometimes hindercollaboration.AnalysesComplexity commonly leads tounintended consequences. Thecomplexity dealing with data andapplication incompatibilities is usuallyrooted in the methodology anorganization employs in a specificsector or business process. Connectingto other sectors, other stakeholders orother applications is not incorporated indevelopment plans. So rather than onesystem being able to snap or plug intoanother, a single-use and verycumbersome connector is built betweensystems. The unintended consequenceis lack of support for analytics,longitudinal studies, and other forms ofinterchange.Interoperability and InterchangeWe accept and condone high IT costsby allowing them year after year. Thehistorical use of information technologyexaggerates costs by taxing institutions andstakeholders when data movement, reportingand interfaces are required across or betweensystems. The expenditures on informationtechnology across education is spent locallyby schools and institutions and departments,with little oversight and coordination. Onecan’t build a city without a city plan, codes andenforcement. Data systems can’t worktogether if expenditures are not managed tofoster the goals of interoperability andinterchange.Single-Use Turnkey SolutionsUnique nuances of certaininstitutions require customizedintegrations andimplementations, sometimes verycostly. As institutions struggle withkeeping up with emerging technologiesand with ensuring appropriateenrollment, single-use turnkey solutionsseem the best approach.Investment EfficiencyAutonomy is often a muse for keepingthe status quo. The proprietary designsand deployment are reinforced by “notinvented here” motivations. Innovations areincremental and generally proprietary,reinforcing motivations to defend isolation andseparation of systems and the managementof data. Also, the governance of academicinstitutions complicates how systems areviewed inside and across the educationecosystem. Maintaining the status quo in datamanagement is inefficient and ineffective useof the annual investment society makes ineducation 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