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Project Timeline
February 2014 Grant opportunity announced by OIAInitial plans proposed to IRPA management
Project Timeline
March 2015 Contact to University of JohannesburgSupport letter received and application submitted
Proposed Outcome 1:
Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR
professionals
Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR
professionals
Met with Institutional
Research and Planning Unit
(decision support within the institution)
Longevity on campus increase perceptions of reliability of data
Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR
professionals
Met with Head of Unit for Academic Planning (high level institutional
policy perspective)
Collaboration across campus depends on
engaging leaders and utilizing multiple
perspectives on an issue
Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR
professionals
Met with Council for Higher
Education (top level perspective
in HE more broadly)
Perception of a supportive role
increases campus use of data
Proposed Outcome 2: Mutually developed recommendations for
influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Met with staff from the
Office of the Registrar (decision
support within the institution)
Buy-in on campus to
improve data quality and
timeliness of data entry
Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Met with Head of Unit for Academic
Planning (top level
perspective in HE more broadly)
Using HEMIS data and
population to plan new
institutions to improve student
access and success
Proposed Outcome 3: Knowledge sharing of best practices for
institutional data collection using survey data and data
warehousing tools
Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Met with Institutional
Research and Planning Unit
(within the institution)
“Training” the campus
to read survey data
Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Met with SAAIR
(outside the
institution)
Collaboration with fellow IR
professionals
Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals
Planned meeting
with University
of Cape Town
Avoid student protests,
unless you support their perspective.
Other Major Takeaways: Educational
Institutional mission
Students vs. staff
“Open” enrollment
Student life
Access
Diploma types
Preparation levels