BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Description:The panel featuring representatives from the Instit ute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and the Data Rescue Project will of fer a timely and insightful discussion on the evolving federal data landsc ape\, highlighting the critical importance of federal data for research\, policy-making\, and public accountability. Panelists will explore emerging issues such as anticipated data gaps in education and socioeconomic indic ators\, potential shifts in federal data collection priorities\, and the r isks that may arise from inadequate archiving or transparency practices. D rawing on their respective expertise\, the IHEP and Data Rescue Project sp eakers will outline collaborative strategies for safeguarding valuable pub lic data\, advocate for stronger federal commitments to open and equitable data access\, and emphasize the role of cross-sector partnerships in ensu ring that data continues to serve as a reliable foundation for future evid ence-based decision making.\nPanelists:Diane Cheng is the Vice President o f Policy at the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP). In this role \, she leads IHEP’s policy team\, which conducts policy analysis and devel opment aimed at advancing IHEP’s policy priorities: data and transparency\ , strong outcomes for all students\, evidence-based completion\, need-base d aid\, and equitable admissions. Diane previously served as IHEP’s Vice P resident of Research and Policy. Prior to joining IHEP\, Diane served as t he Research Director at The Institute for College Access &\; Success (T ICAS)\, where she coordinated research work across the organization and co nducted research and policy analysis on college affordability\, student de bt\, and student success. She has participated in several Technical Review Panels for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to improve higher educat ion data and served as a technical advisor for two of ED’s negotiated rule making committees. Diane also worked as an independent research consultant \, where she partnered with nonprofit organizations\, foundations\, and a community college on projects relating to college affordability\, student success\, and higher education data. Diane graduated from Stanford Univers ity with a B.A. and M.A. in Sociology\, specializing in social stratificat ion and inequality. Dr. Lynda Kellam is one of the founding organizers of the Data Rescue Project and the Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data &\; Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Sh e is the co-author of Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Re ference Librarian (2011) and co-editor of Databrarianship: The Academic Da ta Librarian in Theory and Practice (2016). She has also presented extensi vely on data preservation\, federal public data\, and FAIR data principles . She is the current Secretary of IASSIST\, an international organization of data professionals. She holds an MLIS\, an MA in Political Science\, an d a PhD in American History. Matt Hodges is the Data Literacy Project Mana ger for the University of Iowa’s Office of Assessment\, where he focuses o n promoting the awareness\, access\, and use of institutional data among a cademic leaders across campus. He has spearheaded efforts to create genera l institutional data literacy resources for broader campus consumption\, a s well as specific resources for department chairs\, program directors\, a nd the like. He is also an adjunct instructor for Tippie College of Busine ss’ Business Analytics department\, teaching courses on data management an d visual analytics. In his free time\, he enjoys Hawkeye athletics\, parti cularly wrestling (men’s and women’s) and women’s basketball\, and he play s the role of peacemaker in the age-old cat-dog conflict for his Chartreux cat Huckleberry and his Hungarian Vizsla Finn.Tuesday\, February 10\, 202 6 — \;1pm EST | 12pm CST | 10am PSTREGISTER HERE \; DTEND:20260210T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260414T072745Z DTSTART:20260210T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Current Landscape of Federal Data UID:RFCALITEM639117304651979909 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The pan el featuring representatives from the Institute for Higher Education Polic y (IHEP) and the Data Rescue Project will offer a timely and insightful di scussion on the evolving federal data landscape\, highlighting the critica l importance of federal data for research\, policy-making\, and public acc ountability. Panelists will explore emerging issues such as anticipated da ta gaps in education and socioeconomic indicators\, potential shifts in fe deral data collection priorities\, and the risks that may arise from inade quate archiving or transparency practices. Drawing on their respective exp ertise\, the IHEP and Data Rescue Project speakers will outline collaborat ive strategies for safeguarding valuable public data\, advocate for strong er federal commitments to open and equitable data access\, and emphasize t he role of cross-sector partnerships in ensuring that data continues to se rve as a reliable foundation for future evidence-based decision making.\n< /p>

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Tuesday\, February 10\ , 2026 — \;1pm EST | 12pm CST | 10am PST

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