Data Institute 

Institute Overview

Institute provides institutional teams opportunities to analyze, interpret, and leverage disaggregated data to drive institutional data-based decisions and actions. As a cohort of peer institutions, teams will learn the importance of using disaggregated data at the institutional, programmatic, and classroom levels to intentionally serve Latino, and all, students. With data being a foundational element of the Seal of Excelencia framework and core to institutional transformation, Institute is highly beneficial for institutions beginning their journey of intentionally serving Latino, and all, students.

Learning Outcomes:
1) Examine institutional capacity and infrastructure to disaggregate data for data-informed action, decision-making, and resource allocation;
2) Identify data literacy and coaching needs to create campus cultures of inquiry across institutional units;
3) Advance strategic initiatives by examining the collection, usage, and dissemination of disaggregated data as means of accountability, continuous improvement, and external measures of impact.

Team Composition Guidance

Create a campus team of five representatives with reach and expertise that includes leadership from among the following areas:

• Academic affairs
• Student affairs/support services
• Institutional research/effectiveness/assessment, Registrar
• HSI initiatives
• Strategic initiatives/planning
   

	Spring Data Institute	Summer Data Institute
Modality	Virtual	Virtual
Dates/Times	Three (3) modules hosted on:   Tuesday May 5, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET Tuesday May12, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET Tuesday May 19, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET	Three (3) modules hosted on:   Tuesday July 14, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET Tuesday July 21, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET Tuesday July 28, 2026, 1:00pm - 5:00pm ET
Registration Deadline	April 1, 2026, 5pm ET	June 10, 2026, 5pm ET
Registration Fee   This registration fee will need to be paid prior to attending the institute.	$5,000 per team of five (5) for three (3) virtual modules (12 hours) plus three (3) follow-up sessions (6 hours) for a total of 18 hours of Excelencia capacity building.	$5,000 per team of five (5) for three (3) virtual modules (12 hours) plus three (3) follow-up sessions (6 hours) for a total of 18 hours of Excelencia capacity building.

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