The National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute

The National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute

The National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute at Johnson County Community College currently works with more than 450 community colleges on two national data consortia, the National Community College Benchmarking Project (NCCBP) and the Kansas Study of Community College Instructional Cost and Productivity.

This makes the Benchmarking Institute largest provider of community college benchmarking and peer comparison services in the nation.

National Community College Benchmark Project

Responding to requirements for inter-institutional comparisons, Johnson County Community College established the National Community College Benchmark Project (NCCBP) with other colleges from across the United States to standardize a nation-wide benchmark reporting process.

Since 2004, 391 community colleges have participated in the current data-collection and reporting process. 280 community colleges from across the United States participated in NCCBP in 2011.

National Kansas Study of Community College Instructional Costs and Productivity

The Kansas Study is the first national study of community college instructional costs and productivity. Kansas Study data have been shown to be very useful for supporting accreditation, staff and program management, and internal accountability as well as program review processes.

Since 2004, 197 community colleges have participated in the project. 82 community colleges participated in the Kansas Study in 2010.