Developing Dashboards to Share Data
Online dashboards displaying key metrics can help focus stakeholder attention on progress in community college workforce development efforts. Two Ohio community college leaders will detail their approaches in a presentation at AACC 2025 in April.
“There’s a very high level of interest in Ohio right now around workforce outcomes and the value of different levels of postsecondary credentials — we continually get questions around that from our stakeholders,” says Laura Rittner, vice president of operations and student success at the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) and one of the presenters. “These types of dashboards can help address that interest.”
The presentation will provide insights on how community colleges can better describe employment trends and workforce development program effectiveness, ultimately enabling colleges to better align their offerings with workforce demands and enhance the success of their students, notes co-presenter Thomas Jay Benjamin, director of institutional research for Lorain County Community College (LCCC).
