Resources

Please find below all data resources used in creating MN Measures dashboards by report:

ACCESS TO COLLEGE

• Student Enrollment Data (Minnesota Office of Higher Education)
• Minnesota Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

• Stronger Nation (Lumina Foundation)
• College Navigator
• Data Center (Minnesota Department of Education)
• Educational Attainment Goal 2025 (Office of Higher Education)
• “People of color face systemic disparities in Minnesota’s labor market” (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)

FINANCIAL AID

• Minnesota State Grant (Office of Higher Education)
• State Profile: Minnesota (State Higher Education Finance)
• NASSGAP Annual Survey (National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs)
• Booker, K. (2016). Connection and Commitment: How Sense of Belonging and Classroom Community Influence Degree Persistence for African American Undergraduate Women. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 28(2), 218-229:
• Graduate Debt (Office of Higher Education)

COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY

Understanding the cost of college

• Trends in College Pricing, College Board
• Paying for College, Minnesota Office of Higher Education

Cost of attendance

• Trends in College Pricing, College Board

Is college affordable?

• Understanding College Affordability, Urban institute
• A Benchmark for Making College Affordable, Lumina Foundation
• College Affordability and Transparency Center

STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY

Basic Needs Insecurity

• Student Basic Needs Annual Report

Campus Sexual Assault

• Sexual Assault Data Report (Office of Higher Education)
• Minn. Stat. 135A.15 Sexual Harassment and Violence Policy

Student Mental Health

• College Student Health Survey