Media Kit
The NSWERS Media Kit
The purpose of the NSWERS Media Kit is to provide information and materials for anyone tasked with communicating about NSWERS’ data, research, or products. NSWERS is a collaborative effort of partner and affiliate agencies and use of this kit will help ensure consistent messaging.
Our Core Message
The Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System, or NSWERS, is a one-of-a-kind research partnership between Nebraska’s education and workforce systems designed to create a data-informed decision culture that supports pathways of learning and earning for the people of Nebraska. The NSWERS data system is the most comprehensive education-to-workforce longitudinal information source ever created in Nebraska.
About NSWERS
The Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System (NSWERS) is a collaboration among Nebraska’s six Community Colleges, the Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska State College System, the University of Nebraska System, and in affiliation with the Nebraska Department of Labor to enable seamless integration of data across educational and workforce systems, provide data literacy education, and promote the use of this data to further evidence-based policy and practices across the educational systems of Nebraska.
Purpose
The Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System (NSWERS) is a comprehensive, sustainable, and robust lifelong learning and workforce longitudinal data system serving the needs of the people of Nebraska. Since the fall of 2020, NSWERS has created a state-of-the-art data system to promote strong economic development policies, good jobs, growing business, and thriving communities. The NSWERS data system connects statewide information from PK–12 education, through postsecondary education, and into the workforce. This effort realizes the vision of a data informed decision culture to support learning and earning in Nebraska.
Our Mission
Integrate and organize Nebraska’s education and workforce data to inform decision making.
Our Vision
Create a data-informed decision culture that supports successful pathways of learning and earning for the people of Nebraska.
Our Slogan
Answers for Nebraska.
Our Outcomes
Education
- High School Graduation
- College Going
- Postsecondary Persistence
- Postsecondary Graduation
Workforce
- Time to Employment
- Employment Gap
- Industry Placement
- Employment Location
Information & Research Agenda
NSWERS uses its Information & Research Agenda to prioritize and codify high-value research topics and questions of interest.
Our Stages of Analysis™
NSWERS Stages of Analysis™, a six-stage research framework to analyze our eight outcomes (four education and four workforce), is strategically designed to embody a modern, flexible, scalable approach to analytic activity. The six stages are: Explore, Describe, Explain, Predict, Forecast, and Simulate.
Attribution
You must clearly attribute our work to the Nebraska Statewide Workforce & Educational Reporting System and provide a print or digital copy of the work to support@nswers.org.
Citation
Cite figures and tables as mentioned at the data information source.
Structure & System
NSWERS operates as an independent public entity, created through the Interlocal Cooperation Act for mutual advantage regarding data initiatives (2019) and Legislative Bill 1160 (2020), and governed by an executive council. NSWERS is a centralized system where data from multiple agencies is collected, retained, and maintained in one secure location. Partners and the affiliate regularly submit data based on a data submission calendar (annually, triennial, or quarterly) and after data sharing agreements are complete. NSWERS receives financial support from Nebraska’s leading philanthropies and its partner organizations.
Executive Council
A multi-agency public board and the highest authority for decision making, the Executive Council is the governing body that defines, prioritizes, and approves the objectives, policies, funding, resources, and operations of NSWERS. The four-person council is comprised of the Commissioner of Education, the President of the University of Nebraska, the Chancellor of the Nebraska State College System, and a President of one of the Nebraska Community Colleges, or their designee.
Management Committee
The Management Committee is responsible for the operational management and advancement of NSWERS’ agenda and initiatives. The committee includes representatives from NSWERS’ partner entities.
Communication
Website
The official NSWERS website is https://nswers.org/.
Social
X/Twitter: @NSWERS4NE
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nswers
Hashtag: #AnswersforNE
Newsletter
Sign up for the NSWERS Quarterly Update, a newsletter series designed to keep audiences informed about current NSWERS happenings: https://nswers.org/newsletter/.
NSWERS Style Guides
NSWERS maintains two graphic style guides–the NSWERS Brand Guide and the NSWERS Data Visualization Style Guide. Please contact the Communications Director at katie.bieber@nebraska.edu for access to the guides and for further information on the NSWERS visual style.
Data Request
If you would like to make a data request to the NSWERS Data System, please visit: https://nswers.org/insights/data-request/.
Evaluation Request
If you would like to make an NSWERS evaluation request, please visit: https://nswers.org/evaluation-request-application/.