 My name is Carol Ann Nelson. I am an administrative services coordinator with the Wisconsin Technical College System. I perform a variety of administrative and technical support functions for the college districts, but my primary work is to oversee the client reporting system that the colleges use to submit all of their student course and program related data to the state. When I think about my work, I think the numbers paint a picture of who the folks are that are, you know, being served by the technical college districts. The numbers show trends over time, it tells a story demographically, tells a story about the types of courses and programs that are important and who is utilizing those services. My work is important to me because it's accountability. It's what allows us to advocate for funding for the college districts and other policy changes at the state level. All the numbers that I gather are useful for all of those reasons. We are successful when we can give clear guidance to the college district staff so that they know what information we need from them about their students to support them in getting the funding that they need to educate more people.