How can colleges use data to make meaningful progress in student success? In this 30-minute panel, ATD data coach Dr. Traci Williams of Chattanooga State Community College joins Dr. Yusuf Ozdemir and Aaron Trimble of Odessa College to discuss how their institutions use data to guide decisions and support students. Both colleges have received ATD’s Leah Meyer Austin Award for sustained gains in student success.

The panel will explore how colleges build a shared understanding of student outcomes, bring people across campus into the conversation, and turn what they learn into student success initiatives. The speakers will reflect on the role of collaboration, leadership, and accessible data in sustaining this work. They will also discuss how their partnership with ZogoTech supports their efforts to make data useful across campus.

Drawing on their different experiences, the speakers will consider how data helps colleges measure progress, strengthen pathways to valuable credentials, and connect student success efforts to economic mobility and community needs. Attendees will leave with ideas for building a campus culture that uses evidence to improve outcomes over time.