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Association for Institutional Research
Building institutional research capacity
in American higher education
Network Conference & IPEDS Workshop
April 16, 2008
Arlington, VA
Before IR Work
AfterIR Work
Product of a North Carolina Community College
High Risk Factors (ETS, 2002)
0-1 = low, 2-5 = moderate, 5+ = high
academically under prepared
single parent
financially independent
caring for children at home
working more than 30 hrs/week
first-generation college student
being a part-time student
college cost = significant issue
Audience Survey
First generation to attend college?
Attended a 2-year college?
Worked for pay while in college?
Share a hope, dream, aspiration for your work that is rooted in you past experiences….
Why are you passionate about higher education?
Top Questions Received at AIR
1. Why is the Forum on Memorial Day Weekend?
2. Can you help me recruit an IR Officer?
3. Mandatory data reporting… What’s in it for us?
Recorded Assault on IPEDS Keyholder
IPEDS Keyholder
walking on campus
Overview• IPEDS Training
– We deliver: Face-to-Face– 24/7 access – multiple methods– Addressing new challenges
• Building IR Capacity– Summer Data Policy Institute– Graduate Study Fellowships
• Building H.E. Knowledge– Research Grants and Fellowships – Post Doctoral Research
IPEDS Training: Face to Face33 Workshops in 2007 – Ready to Go or Custom!
Marty Fortner and Vicki Radtke - finance workshop in Kansas
Trainers and travel covered by
NCES Contract
KANSAS!
Do
Try This
At Home!
IPEDS Training: Mentors & Asynchronies Learning
Streaming Video
Exercises & Tests
Feedback from Mentors
Trainer Profiles
IPEDS Training: Addressing New Challenges
NCES Webinar
Face-to-Face
Forum Panel Sessions
AIR Webinar - implications
Research & White Papers(auxiliary challenges & opportunities)
Data & Decisions Institutes
How to use data to improve campus decisions.
Council of Independent CollegesAmerican Association of Community CollegesTribal Colleges Consortium
Competitive, Team-Based, Colleges Pay
Data & Decisions Institutes
College President to IR Officer: Can you do that peer analysis for us?
IR Officer (repressing smirk): Sure….
Do Try This At Home!
Building IR Capacity
• IR Graduate Study Fellowship– Traditional Academic Degrees– IR Certificates (Masters & Doctoral Students)
• Summer Data Policy Institute– Boot camp for national data users
• Funded Research & Dissertations
Do Try
This At
Home!
Online Learning
• “Overview of IPEDS” self-paced course– Introduction to IPEDS– Introduction to College Navigator– Introduction to Executive Peer Tool (ExPT)– Introduction to Peer Analysis System (PAS)– Creating Comparison Groups
• New courses coming in 2008• The IPEDS Mentors
Webinar Recordings - Streaming Video - Streaming Audio
Coming in 2008
• Four Online Self-paced Courses
– Overview of IPEDS 2.0– New Keyholders– Intermediate Data Tools– Research Topics: Costs
Summary of Today’s Presentation
Got Data?
Use it……
We owe it to our students and their families.
Higher Education changes lives!
(It changed yours, didn’t it?)
With thanks to the leadership and insight of
NCES, and the giving spirit of AIR members…
Randy L. Swing, Ph.D.Executive DirectorAssociation for
Institutional Research