5th Annual Conference on Technology & Standards

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Fall 2008 Summit

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PESC is working to become the voice for the efficient and secure exchange of student data from initial access of the student from high school into the college environment through successful completion of the education experience.

PESC is driving the alignment of data across disparate systems, across sectors and eliminating incompatible interfaces that present barriers to students and that inflate costs for institutions struggling to keep up with the demands of technology and real-time data exchange while maintaining competitive tuition rates.

PESC is building a core competency in XML architecture and data modeling and serves as a standards-setting body for higher education.

PESC is collaborating throughout education and with the strength it derives from the actions and involvement of its membership, PESC is activating interoperability in higher education.

PESC guiding principles:

• No single law or mandate can standardize higher education in its entirety
• PESC community agrees to not compete on data exchange...that the education network/super highway is a necessary commodity
• "Coopetition", creation of an environment of "cooperation among competitors" for the greater common good
• Standards development is consensus-based and implementation is voluntary
• PESC community agrees to compete on price and service
• Collaboration - our cornerstone principle - through PESC, a neutral objective third party, levels the playing field and allows a trusting environment
• PESC itself does not benefit from the national standards agreed upon by the education community
• Ability to rely on consistent, accurate data standards saves time, money, and frees administrators up to focus on the needs of students