Research Agenda Archive
2021 Research Agenda (July 2021 - June 2022)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UDRC/DWS | IGP 2021 Longitudinal Research | How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the IGP 2012 cohort? |
| 2 | USHE | Analysis of workforce outcomes for AS/AA/AAS recipients | Insight into the workforce outcome for AS/AA/AAS recipients, controlling for program of study, industry of employment, gender, and age. |
| 3 | USHE | Workforce outcomes analysis of stacked awardees | Analysis of workforce outcomes for students who stack awards (e.g. AS then BS, certificate then BS, BS then MS, etc), considering outcomes both during and after the second degree. |
| 4 | USBE | Review of outcomes for disabled students | Descriptive review of the outcome space (higher education and workforce) for students with disabilities. |
| 5 | UDRC/DWS | Firm size and wage growth for new post-secondary graduates | Is there a relationship between wage growth through time, of post-secondary graduates, and the size of firms which they are employed? |
| 6 | USHE | Time to employment after graduation | Is there a correlation between the level and area of study on time to employment: An analysis of the correlation between degrees and CIP combinations in the time to employment metric. |
2020 Research Agenda (July 2020 - June 2021)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UDOH | UDOH HII Ranked Communities and the P20W pipeline | Is there a correlation between the HII rankings and outcomes in the P20W pipeline: An analysis that explores the varied health, educational, workforce outcomes for students and employees that were born in and/or reside within samples of the UDOH HII ranked communities. |
| 2 | USHE | Public assistance usage and Higher Education | Higher education's impact on public assistance: An analysis of USHE (universities, and colleges) student's higher education achievement and their public assistance usage. |
| 3 | USBE/USHE | “Low-income” students, educational (USHE) outcomes | Higher education outcomes (completion, level of award, time to degree, and cumulative GPA) of USBE graduates who were "low-income," as defined by the eligibility to free or reduced lunch benefits. |
| 4 | DWS-UDRC | Workforce outcomes for "single-parents" | Is there a correlation between workforce outcomes and being a "single-parent": An analysis of employment outcomes for single parents (defined as the existence of a single parent in the birth certificate) two to four years post-birth (currently could use mothers having given birth during 2016 - 2018. |
| 5 | USHE | Time to employment after graduation | Is there a correlation between the level and area of study on time to employment: An analysis of the correlation between degrees and CIP combinations in the time to employment metric |
2019 Research Agenda (July 2019 - June 2020)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Student mobility | Mobility trends associated with the P20W pipeline |
| 2 | DWS/UDRC, USHE & USBE | Student course patterns and their effects on college readiness | An analysis of student high school course taking patterns and their influence on post-secondary outcomes. |
| 3 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Increased spending power for technical college graduates | An analysis of the increased spending potential for UTech and USHE graduates |
| 4 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Gender wage discrimination | An analysis of wages by gender for individuals who are recent graduates of a USHE or UTech institution |
| 5 | DWS/UDRC & USBE | Public assistance and outcomes for children | An analysis of children whose parents are on public assistance compared to those that are not |
| 6 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Previous public assistance customers who have completed higher education and their outcomes | Outcomes for public assistance customers who completed higher education |
| 7 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Higher education's impact on public assistance | An analysis of USHE students on public assistance |
| 8 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Economic hardships driving technical college and university enrollment | An analysis of adult students who were unemployed in the year or two prior to enrolling at a technical college or university |
| 9 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Utilization of tuition assistance by low-income students | An analysis of tuition assistance usage between low income and the general student population |
| 10 | DWS/UDRC & USBE | Workforce outcomes for students who do not complete high school | Workforce outcomes of an incomplete secondary education |
| 11 | USBE | Secondary student utilization of the technical colleges | An analysis of secondary students attending technical colleges |
| 12 | DWS/UDRC, UDOH, & USBE | Parental education and child educational attainment | An analysis of parents' education level on the subsequent educational attainment of their children |
| 13 | DWS/UDRC, UDOH, & USBE | Parental age at first birth and outcomes for these children | An analysis of parents' age and the effect associated with K-12, college, and employment outcomes |
2018 Research Agenda (July 2018 - June 2019)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWS/UDRC | Statewide P20 goals and outcome metrics | Several metrics related to the statewide P20 goals and outcomes |
| 2 | USHE | Outcomes for those working while attending college | The impact working while attending college has on completion, persistence, and grades |
| 3 | USTC | Economic ROI of technical colleges | An analysis of the marginal benefit (taxes) to the state of Utah accrued due to completion from a technical college |
| 4 | DWS/UDRC | Supply and demand analysis/dashboard | An analysis and ultimately a dashboard, providing information regarding supply and demand of labor, specifically labor requiring formal education |
| 5 | USBE | Analysis of students who are going into specialized fields post secondary | An analysis of the number of students who post graduation enter studies in specialized fields, and the effect that CTE may have on these choices |
| 6 | USHE | ROI of education | An analysis of the rate of return by degree type and area of study |
| 7 | DWS/UDRC | Stackable credentials | An analysis of the effectiveness of stackable credentials on labor outcomes |
| 8 | USHE | Utilization of tuition assistance by low income students | An analysis of the relationship between low income students and consumption of tuition assistance; for the purpose of discovering why it is that there is a sizable number of students who fall into the category of low income and do not utilize tuition assistance |
| 9 | USBE | Workforce outcomes for students who do not complete high school | An analysis of the workforce outcomes (wages) of students who do not complete high school, compared to those who do complete |
| 10 | USBE & UDOH | Early intervention (Part C to B) outcomes | An analysis (scholastic) of children who received early intervention Part C (birth to age 2) and were eligible for Part B (age 3 to 5) , compared to those children who did not receive Part C services and were eligible for Part B, including number of children eligible for Part B and length of time spent in Part B. |
| 11 | USTC | Path dependent CTE education outcomes | An analysis of going straight into the workforce after graduation versus attending college |
| 12 | USBE | Path dependent temporal progress into the workforce | An analysis of going straight into the workforce after graduation versus attending college |
| 13 | UDOH | Outcomes for those enrolled in ECIDS programs | An analysis (scholastic and or workforce) of program involvement; compared to a similar cohorts of children that did not participate |
| 14 | USBE | Effect of being economically disadvantaged as a child on wage outcomes | The effect of being economically disadvantaged as a child (defined by the utilization of school lunch discount programs) on wage and secondary education outcomes |
| 15 | UDOH | The effect of ECIDS programs on economic gains | An analysis of the economic gains accrued from the implementation of ECIDS programs |
| 16 | USTC | Effect of higher education on public assistance usage | An analysis of the effect of undertaking higher education on public assistance usage |
| 17 | USTC | Student through workforce mobility | An analysis of the mobility of individuals in the state of Utah, zip codes associated with USBE, USTC, USHE, and DWS data provide proxy for place of origin |
| 18 | UDOH | Impact of programs with significant family engagement compared to those with less family engagement | An analysis of programs with significant family engagement compared to programs with less family engagement |