This brief, the second in the series, advances a theory of change that centers the learner experience in strategies to improve institutional data collection and use and strengthen college information management systems. It is the second in the Advance CTE's Advancing Postsecondary CTE Data Quality Initiative (PDI) series highlighting five states participating in a postsecondary data quality improvement cohort. This work is supported by ECMC Foundation. [For "Championing High-Quality Data. Advancing Postsecondary CTE Data Quality Initiative. Brief 1," see ED625799.]