​​​​20TH  ANNUAL 

BEST  PRACTICES COMPETITION

PROMOTING INNOVATION & INGENUITY

IN THE APPLICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEROPERABLE DATA STANDARDS

FOR BUSINESS NEEDS

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS THROUGH

​APRIL 20, 2019.

PESC's Annual Best Practices Competition highlights & promotes innovation & ingenuity in the application & implementation of interoperable data standards for business needs. 

First held in 1999, the Competition is open to institutions, associations, organizations, government agencies and departments, districts, consortia, non-profit and commercial service providers and other education stakeholders that have collaborated to design and/or adopt an electronic standardization initiative via a specific implementation, and/or other medium such as, but not limited to, published articles and white papers. 

The Annual Best Practices Competition is open for submissions and can include descriptions of the scope of a project, participants, types of standards employed, relevant dates & project milestones, copies of articles (if an article submission), outline of mission/objectives and any related statistics (# of transactions transmitted, estimated cost savings, etc.).

​​Innovate, Collaborative, 
Real Solutions  

Maximize Automated, Reusable & 
Sustainable Technologies

Improve Institutional Performance, 
Student & Service Delivery, and Overall Connectivity 
Between Stakeholders

The Annual Best Practices Competition for 2019 is open for submissions until close of business Friday April 20, 2019.  Documents detailing the scope of a project, participants, type of standards employed, relevant dates of project milestones, copies of articles (if an article submission), outline of mission/objectives and any related statistics (number of transactions transmitted, estimated cost savings, etc.) should be included in the submission. 

All entries and submissions should be submitted by April 20, 2019 to Michael.Sessa@PESC.org or at:

Michael Sessa
President & CEO
PESC
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW  Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036

All entries will be judged by the PESC Board of Directors.  First place and those receiving special recognition will be notified immediately by PESC, an official public announcement will be made immediately before PESC’s Spring 2019 Data Summit being held in Washington DC at the Dupont Circle Hotel, and the award presentation will be made during the general session of the Data Summit.

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2018​

Indiana Commission for Higher Education

One State, Two Initiatives:

Indiana's Embrace of e-Transcripts & Credential Engine

2017

iQ4 & National Student Clearinghouse

Extending the Capacity of Higher Education to Scale the Output of Verified Workforce-Ready Graduates

2016

University of Tennessee System & AcademyOne

Automating Reverse Transfer for the

State of Tennessee

2015

Elon University & Parchment

Elon Experiences Transcript and Integration

to the Academic Transcript

2014

University of Phoenix

2013

OCAS - Ontario College Application Service

2012

NCES - National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education 

2011

South Carolina

2010

College Foundation of North Carolina

2009

California Community College Technology Center

2008

Sinclair Community College & Wainwright State University

2007

DQC - Data Quality Reminder

2006

NCHELP - National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

2005

FSA - Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education

2004

SIFA - Schools Interoperability Framework Association

2003

ELM Resources & NCHELP - National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

2002

NCHELP - National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

2001

University of Northern Iowa

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2000

OUAC - Ontario Universities Application Centre

​BEST PRACTICES

ANNUAL BEST PRACTICES COMPETITION

1st PLACE WINNERS FOR 2018

Dr. Ken Sauer, Tari Lambert & Jillian Scholten of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education receiving 1st Place Award in 19th Annual Best Practices May 2, 2018 at PESC Spring 2018 Data Summit.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Leading the   ESTABLISHMENT AND  ADOPTION OF  ​​OPEN  DATA  STANDARDS  ​ACROSS THE  EDUCATION  DOMAIN

1st PLACE WINNERS FOR 2017

Peter Meehan of iQ4 and Doug Falk of National Student Clearinghouse receiving 1st Place Award in 18th Annual Best Practices May 3, 2017.