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PSEO data gaining traction as states use employment outcomes to inform higher-education decisions
Summary
At a virtual Midwestern Higher Education Compact meeting, the U.S. Census PSEO dataset and PSEO Coalition were presented as tools for tracking graduates’ earnings and job flows; speakers highlighted state dashboards, a planned IRS pilot, and use of PSEO in Ohio’s funding formula.
Gina Johnson, cofounder of Data Empowered and director of the PSEO Coalition, told Midwestern Higher Education Compact participants that the Post‑Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) dataset provides validated, longitudinal earnings and employment flows for graduates and can be used by institutions, policymakers and advisors.
Johnson said PSEO pairs institutional enrollment and degree records with state unemployment‑insurance wage records at 1-, 5- and 10‑year intervals and that the matching is done by the U.S. Census Bureau using a masked Social Security number; she noted only a very small number of Census staff can access identifiable data before it is de‑identified. "To me, the gem in here is the flows data," Johnson said, pointing to industry and geographic flow tables that show where graduates go after finishing programs.
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