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

rswing@airweb2.org