Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes Initiative

The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) has contracted with the Ohio Education Research Center to facilitate the collection and submission of graduate records from private colleges and universities in Ohio to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program for inclusion in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) initiative. The purpose of the data collection and submission is to generate employment and earnings outcomes for college and university graduates by degree level, degree major, and post-secondary institution. This effort will enhance Ohio’s current PSEO participation, which currently includes public institutions of higher education.

After establishing the legal agreements to facilitate the transfer of data, the OERC will provide a set of data requirements to the identified points of contact in higher education institutions that have executed agreements with ODHE to participate in the project. The data requirements will map to the PSEO Standard Operating Procedures for the required PSEO files: Enrollment, Degree, and Demographic. The OERC will create Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) accounts for the identified points of contact to securely transfer the required files to OSU. The OERC will review data received from the participating institutions to ensure compliance with the PSEO Standard Operating Procedures and correspond with the institutional points of contact regarding any required corrections. The OERC will securely transfer the private institution graduate records to the PSEO for Census to generate the workforce outcomes.