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Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics

This resource provides an overview of the Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics (TX CREWS) initiative led by Ruben B. Garcia of the Texas Workforce Commission. It highlights the history of consumer reports in Texas, outlines the objectives of TX CREWS, and demonstrates the new ISD-level reports available on Texas P-16 Public Education Information Resource (TPEIR). The initiative, funded by the US Department of Labor, focuses on comparing various institutions of higher education in terms of tuition costs, student retention and graduation rates, average student debt, loan repayment, and employment rates.

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Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics

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  1. Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics Ruben B. Garcia Texas Workforce Commission

  2. Objectives • Brief history of consumer reports in Texas • Impetus in building TX CREWS • Demonstration of TX CREWS • Show new ISD-level reports on Texas P-16 Public Education Information Resource (TPEIR)

  3. Consumer Report System

  4. DECIDE • CD version May 1998 • Live online July 1, 1999 • 1999 US Dept. of Labor Jett-Con Award • Texas 1st in the nation to have a consumer report • Connecticut • Maryland • Massachusetts • Wisconsin • Iowa

  5. TX CREWS • Funded by the US Dept. of Labor through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative • HB 1296 (Alvarado) --  compare each institution of higher education with other institutions regarding: • (A)  the relative cost of tuition; • (B)  the retention rate of students; • (C)  the graduation rate of students; • (D)  the average student debt; • (E)  the loan repayment rate of students; and • (F)  the employment rate of students;

  6. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/txcrews/

  7. QUESTIONS? Ruben B. Garcia Ruben.garcia@twc.state.tx.us (512) 936-3112

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