National

National Center for Education Statistics
Collects and analyzes education data, K-12 through Postsecondary. Useful tools are:

• College Navigator - Portal to approximately 7,000 institutions.
  
• IPEDS Data Center - Center for data about colleges and universities.
  

State Higher Education Executive Officers
Serves as statewide coordinating and governing boards for postsecondary education and includes reports on state higher education finance.

College Portrait
Portal for basic information about public colleges and was created through the Voluntary System of Accountability to provide accountability through comparible information.

Regional

Southern Regional Education Board

Louisiana

Louisiana Board of Regents (BOR)
Has constitutional authority to plan and coordinate and has budgetary responsibility for the state's public higher education institutions in four systems: University of Louisiana, Louisiana Community & Technical Colleges, Louisiana State University, and Southern University.
Statewide data collection and reports are in the Data and Publications section (select from Regents' left navigation panel).

Louisiana Department of Education

• Accountability section links to various K-12 data and report cards.
• Planning, Analysis and Information division has statewide reports such as ACT scores
• First-Time College Freshmen shows which high schools provide students to UNO. Select First Time College Freshmen and then choose dropdown for "College/University Data Reports."
• Multiple Statistics has data for student populations by schools and parishes

Louisiana Performance Accountability System LaPAS
Tracks public agencies' progress towards achieving annual performance standards.

Louisiana PostSecondary Education Review Commission (LaPERC)
Reports findings and recommendation on governance, facilities, funding, operations, number and alignment of degree programs at Louisiana public colleges. Final February 2010 report and Recommendations

LaTrac
Tracks performance data by fiscal year about state departments and agencies funded from the General Ledger of the State's Financial Accounting System.

LSU System
Budget and other reports for LSU System institutions (see finance and system administration).

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