Dr. Carrie Klein is an Associate Vice President at SHEEO, having joined the team in 2021. As a part of SHEEO’s state postsecondary data team, she oversees SHEEO’s Strong Foundations, Noncredit Mobility Academy, and Basic Needs Academy projects, which work to improve and promote the effective use of state postsecondary data to bolster student and state outcomes. Building on prior postsecondary institutional experience and analytics research, Dr. Klein develops productive relationships with partner organizations and provides relevant content expertise and technical assistance to state agency research and data policymakers to improve state and student outcomes. Her current research focuses on state and institutional policy and practice related to postsecondary data collection, use, governance, privacy, and cross-sector interactions.

Before joining SHEEO, Dr. Klein was a senior fellow and higher education lead at the Future of Privacy Forum and worked as a strategic planning project manager in George Mason University’s (GMU) offices of the President and University Life. Dr. Klein is an affiliate faculty member and graduate (PhD and MAIS) of GMU’s Higher Education Program, where she produced numerous journal articles on postsecondary institutional use of learning and advising analytics. She earned her bachelor’s degree in classics and anthropology at The University of Arizona.