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.
Established in 1997
Established in 1997 at The National Center for Higher Education, the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council - 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 enables cost-effective connectivity between data systems, applications and networks 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 & data models, hub & spoke models, federated identity, directory-based services and affiliated data-centric models of interoperability.
FOSTERING
open, transparent collaboration across all education, learning & 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
About Us
Unlocking the Power of Education Data
PESC leads
the establishment and adoption of trusted, free and open data standards across the education domain by serving as an
open standards-development and
open standards-setting body producing
PESC APPROVED STANDARDS.
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
DEGREEDATA
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATORS
PESC IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF
AIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ANNUAL CALIFORNIA ELECTRONIC
TRANSCRIPTS WORKSHOP
& CCCAPPLY
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
CONNECTING CREDENTIALS
CEDS | DXTERA INSTITUTE
EMREX | EWP
GRONINGEN DECLARATION NETWORK
HR OPEN STANDARDS | SHEEO
T3 INNOVATION NETWORK
PESC'S HISTORY INCLUDES
AACRAO, SPEEDE, EDI, ANSI, X12, CANADA,
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Y2K
In fulfilling its non-profit mission, PESC makes all PESC APPROVED STANDARDS and
technical information available to the education community online free of charge.
PESC Members believe
that fostering open, transparent collaboration across educational communities to solve common,
industry-shared problems brings
much needed clarity and coherence
to the education ecosystem.
Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council
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 and 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.
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.