Association for Institutional Research Building institutional research capacity in American higher education Network Conference & IPEDS Workshop April 16, 2008 Arlington, VA

Before IR Work After IR 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 Face 33 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 Colleges American Association of Community Colleges Tribal 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 Director Association for Institutional Research