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NSHE shows new online dashboards; data show dual‑enrollment growth and gaps in college-going rates
Summary
A System Administration demonstration of interactive data dashboards highlighted rising dual‑credit participation, lower Nevada college‑going and adult enrollment rates versus national averages, and improved graduation outcome measures; officials urged regents to use dashboards for policy and planning.
Nevada System of Higher Education presenters on Jan. 9 demonstrated an expanded set of interactive data dashboards intended to give regents, campus leaders and the public faster access to enrollment, completion and workforce metrics.
Jose Martinez, director of institutional research, walked regents through dashboards on high‑school continuation, dual enrollment, fall-term enrollments, awards conferred and graduation/outcome measures. Martinez said dual or concurrent enrollment has grown from roughly 3,000 students a decade ago to over 19,000, and the dashboards allow users to disaggregate participation by institution, race/ethnicity and diploma type.
The dashboards also surfaced gaps. Nevada’s college‑going rate — the share of 18‑ to 24‑year‑olds enrolled in postsecondary education — was shown at roughly 31 percent, versus a 41 percent national rate, placing Nevada in the bottom third among states. Martinez said the system will update the “continuation” dashboard each cycle as new SLDS and IPEDS data arrive.
Presenting graduation data, Martinez emphasized that newer IPEDS outcome measures — which track larger cohorts and consider part‑time students — give a fuller picture of student success than traditional first‑time, full‑time graduation rates. The outcome measures showed growth in four‑ and six‑year completions and a reduction in students with “unknown” status over time, a positive signal for the system’s tracking and data‑matching capacity.
Regents and presidents asked how the dashboards support decisions: Martinez said the tools let regents and campus leaders compare subpopulations, investigate completion gaps, and track pipeline indicators (FAFSA activation, dual‑credit continuation) that the board has targeted. Several regents urged using the dashboards to measure and report progress against the new strategic plan’s targets.
NSHE said the dashboards are publicly available through the system administration website and will be updated regularly. Leadership urged regents to use the tools when requesting data or proposing policy changes so staff can answer specific, data‑driven questions more quickly.
