Mark your calendars for the Annual Data Summit at the West Houston Institute on April 17, 2026!
The Data and Analytics Team of the Houston City College Institutional Effectiveness Council is inviting faculty and staff to a full day of sharing innovative ways data is used to drive decision-making that improves student outcomes, such as retention, completion, course success, enrollment, transfer, partnerships, and the student experience.
Event Details
- Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
- Time: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
- Location: West Houston Institute @ HCC Alief Campus (2811 Hayes Rd, Houston, TX 77082)
- Theme: Signals That Matter: Changing Lives Through Data
What to Expect
Every day, our students are sending us signals. A missed assignment. A dropped course. A delayed registration.
The question is not whether the data exists. The question is, are we acting on the right signals, at the right time, in the right way? The Annual Data Summit sessions are focused on how we move from information…to action…to impact.
Conference Tracks
- Changing Lives through Data: Highlight innovative, data-informed teaching practices that enhance instructional effectiveness, deepen student engagement, and improve learning outcomes.
- Community and Workforce Partnerships: Showcase successful collaborations between educational institutions and industry, government, or nonprofit partners that strengthen workforce pipelines and community impact.
- Student Success and Retention: Share strategies, programs, or research that improve student persistence, retention, and completion.
- Student Services, Support, and Well-Being: Present approaches that empower student services professionals to advance engagement, well-being, and equity through inclusive, data-driven support practices.