Who We Are

​ADVOCATES | STAKEHOLDERS | DATA CHAMPIONS

​The Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) is an open standards-development and open standards-setting body (governed by a voluntary, consensus-based model), independently funded by annual membership dues, meetings and sponsorships, enabling PESC to support, publish and maintain PESC Approved Standards and technical information free and without charge.

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Established in 1997

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Established in 1997 at The National Center for Higher Education at One Dupont Circle NW in Washington, D.C., PESC operates as an international 501(c)(3) non-profit, community-based, umbrella association headquartered in Washington, D.C. of:

-  Data, Software, Technology Service Providers & Vendors

-  Schools, Districts, Colleges & Universities

-  College, University & State/Provincial Systems

-  Local, State/Provincial & Federal Government Offices

-  Professional, Commercial & Non-Profit Organizations

-  Non-Profit Associations & Foundations​​

Our Mission

PESC leads the establishment and  adoption of trusted, free and open data standards across the education domain.   
Through open, transparent, collaborative community participation and based on a voluntary consensus-based model, PESC Approved Standards enable cost-effective connectivity between data systems, networks and applications in order to accelerate performance and service, to simplify data access and research, and to improve data quality along the learner lifecycle.

Our Vision

PESC envisions complete, global connectivity within and throughout the education domain supported by a trustworthy, digital network built by, for and among all education sectors enabling necessary data to flow seamlessly and automatically from one network, system or application to another when and where needed without compatibility barriers, but through a safe, secure, reliable, legal and efficient platform.​

Goals of the Mission

PROMOTING standards-based, lifelong student/learner-centric design and data models, hub and spoke models, federated identity, directory-based services and affiliated data-centric models of interoperability.

FOSTERING open, transparent collaboration across all education, learning and workforce sectors

OPTIMIZING institutional performance and data quality

SIMPLIFYING access and reducing cost

ENABLING sustainable best practices and innovative solutions that streamline emerging technologies and disparate information systems

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PESC APPROVED STANDARDS

PESC APPROVED STANDARDS, Technology and Services are

community-sourced & driven by PESC serving as an: 

- Incubator

- Standards-development body

- Standards-setting body

​​that pilots & launches data standards using an open, transparent and collaborative process; that governs resource mapping and maintenance of education ecosystem taxonomies, schemas and shared code sets in various technologies (e.g. EDI, XML, PDF, JSON) produced as PESC APPROVED STANDARDS.  

PESC APPROVED STANDARDS are platform, system & application neutral; adopted & integrated in systems, networks, applications, products services; support a transaction or business process, and; can be used or implemented one independently from another.​​​​

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About Privacy

​​While PESC promotes the implementation and usage of data standards, PESC does not set (create or establish) policies related to data privacy, protection and security. Organizations and entities using PESC APPROVED STANDARDS, Technology and Services should ensure they comply with GDPR, FERPA and all local, state, federal and international rules on data privacy, protection and security as applicable.​​​​​​

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PESC IS A PROUD MEMBER or AFFILIATE

AACRAO

GRONINGEN DECLARATION NETWORK

NATIONAL FORUM ON EDUCATION STATISTICS

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

T3 INNOVATION NETWORK

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION

​PESC IS SPONSORED ANNUALLY BY

DIGITARY

NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE

PARCHMENT

ACADEMYONE

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATORS

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​PESC IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF

AIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ANNUAL CALIFORNIA ELECTRONIC

TRANSCRIPTS WORKSHOP

& CCCAPPLY​

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PESC IS A PROUD EXHIBITOR AT 

AACRAO ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ARUCC ANNUAL CONFERENCE

STATS-DC CONFERENCE 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION​

PESC PARTNERS INCLUDE

AACRAO     |     APEREO

ARUCC     |     A4L

CEDS    |    CREDENTIAL ENGINE

DSU     |     DXTERA INSTITUTE

EMREX     |     EWP

GRONINGEN DECLARATION NETWORK

HR OPEN STANDARDS     |     SHEEO

​T3 INNOVATION NETWORK

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