Research Agenda Archive
2023 Research Agenda (July 2023 - June 2024)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USBE/DHHS | ASQ and Educational Outcomes | Academic outcomes of children screened through the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) statewide early detection and intervention effort, as measured by standardized screening and assessment results completed in preschool, kindergarten, 3rd grade, and beyond |
| 2 | USBE/USHE/DWS | Charter School Graduates' Outcomes | Higher education and workforce outcomes for graduates of charter schools |
| 3 | USHE/DWS | Prior Learning Assessments | Effects of prior learning assessments (PLA) on short-term wage earnings (one, three, and potentially five years after graduation) |
| 4 | USHE/DWS | Graduates' Wages and Cost of Living | Relationship between the wages of recent public higher education graduates and Utah’s cost of living |
| 5 | USHE/DOPL/DWS | Licensed Employment | Higher education, licensure, and workforce outcomes for occupations requiring state licensure |
2022 Research Agenda (July 2022 - June 2023)
| Priority | Agency | Research Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USHE/DWS | Nursing Occupation Pathways | Nursing occupation pathways, workforce outcomes, and regional differences in Utah's nursing workforce |
| 2 | DHHS/USBE | Birth Circumstances and Early Education Outcomes | An analysis of the relationship between birth weight, demographics, and KEEP scores |
| 3 | DWS/USHE | Gender Wage Gap for Women of Color | Exploration of Utah's gender wage gap with a focus on women of color and historically excluded racial and ethnic groups; potential to examine gap during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 4 | DWS/USHE | CIP Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic | In-depth analysis of wage outcomes for CIP families during the COVID-19 pandemic with demographic breakouts |
| 5 | DWS/USHE | Monopsonies and the Wage Gap for Historically Excuded Groups | Monopsony impact on the wage gap of historically excluded racial and ethnic groups with postsecondary education |
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 |