1. SUNY IR Update John D. Porter Associate Provost AIRPO Conference, Binghamton, NY January 15, 2004

2. SOS All campuses have received data and reports! System has.pdf copies of campus tables System-wide analysis during Spring 2004 – separate student groups? Presentation to SA VP’s in March Interested in identifying long term impacts

3. Alumni Survey Alumni will be the next System-wide survey Can we administer this fall???? Working group met during the summer to develop questions????

4. National Study of Faculty and Students Study population: Students enrolled July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004/Faculty fall 2003. Random sample: 40-60 faculty and 50-300 students. 23 CC’s and 15 State Ops participating. Samples should be sent to RTI blind. Faculty address should be campus address. Do not release faculty SSN.

5. On-Going Transfer Analysis Part of Provost’s Transfer Action Plan. June first report to Trustees; second installment next month. February’s report focuses on: –Students transferring without degree –Geographic transfer patterns –Who drops out?

6. IPEDS Major change in how we submit IPEDS. Campuses now clearing edits and locking data. System still uploading of most of the data. Winter window (for enrollment & employees) closes January 28th. Problems with State Op employee data.

7. IR Data Systems Over the next three years, all IR data systems will be replaced. Campuses need to begin planning for the change. This will be discussed at each AIRPO from now on. “BIRDS” Committee

8. SDF Submission Major problem – still not final! Facing “executive level” action. Key problems: –Failure to plan for systems conversions –IR staff turnover –Insufficient investment in IR –Failure to implement System data standards Considering rolling submissions next year.

9. “Craine” Report Initiated last year by Trustees. Focus on System efficiency. Comprehensive in scope – linked to Rethinking SUNY. IR a major component of report: –Completeness of data –Timeliness, standardization, accuracy –Ease and flexibility of data use

10. Community College Benchmarking Project National effort to build a benchmark repository for community colleges. Participation voluntary, if you do, SUNY will pay cost. Probably half of the data is available centrally, the other half you have to collect. Presidents are interested in the project.

11. FIPSE Grant Applies to 15 Campuses offering teacher education programs $682,000 Focus on program assessment. IR to create database: –SUNY data –NYSTCE data –In-Service data

12. Questions?