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Keeping up with the Joneses: How Peer Assessment Drives Change
Nicki Jenkins - University of Kentucky Tess Gibson - Auburn University Skylar Pritchard - University of South Carolina
Why do we benchmark? ● Helps us tell our story ● Helps us understand our families ● Helps us advocate for resources
Who should we compare ourselves to?
● University priorities ● Office structure ● University climate ● Carnegie Classification
Institutional Comparison
Location Auburn, AL (63,000+ residents)
Lexington, KY (323,000+ residents)
Columbia, SC (129,000+ residents)
Type of institution 4-yr public, land-grant research
4-yr public, land-grant research (flagship)
4-yr public, research (flagship)
Enrollment 30,000+ 30,000+ 34,000+
Program Comparison
Office structure 1 full-time staff 1 part-time Student Affairs
1 full-time staff 1 part-time 7 part-time students Student & Academic Life
1 full-time staff 1 part-time staff 1 intern Student Affairs & Academic Support
Office programs/ responsibilities
Communications, publications, calls, & emails Family portal Association Membership Parent Board of Directors Programming (i.e. FW, Home Sweet Home, etc.)
Communications, publications, calls, & emails Association Membership Parent Advisory Council Programming (i.e. FW, Cat Chat Live!, etc.) Technology & websites for the unit
Communications, publications, calls, & emails Parents Advisory Council & Development Programming (i.e. FW, Sibs Day, Send-offs)
Membership Free 19,000+ member emails
Free 17,000+ member emails
Free 40,000+ member emails
Create benchmarking teams.
Find a group of 2-3.
Introduce yourselves.
Find a common theme.
The Benchmarking Survey ● How did we do it? ● What did we ask? ● What did we find?
How does benchmarking drive change? Real life examples!
Lessons Learned ● Distribution methods & timing ● Consistent formatting ● One survey tool (i.e.
Surveymonkey, Qualtrics, etc.) ● Method of data analyzation
How can benchmarking impact change?
Example from UK!
● Assess how data impacts current programming goals
● Create or update programming goals
● Assess again
Who can I call?
Nicki Jenkins
University of Kentucky
859-257-2752
Tess Gibson
Auburn University
334-844-1493
Skylar Pritchard
University of South Carolina
803-777-5780
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