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Institutional
Data Readiness Assessment Tool created October 2007. This tool is designed for
instituitons to evaluate their readiness to develop "actionable data" and otherwise
to become a data-driven organization. It probes the interplay between three key
elements in this journey: people, processes, and data management. Comments, suggestions,
and criticisms are welcome. Individuals who would like to administer this as an electronic
survey at their institution may contact us via email
to set up online access.(PDF)
Bringing Information
Home to Roost: Using Data for Local Decisions. This presentation
provides a brief introduction to steps necessary to generate meaningful
information at the local level. Actionable data can't be created without
alignment of people, processes, and data management. Colleges also
need to distinguish between "wallpaper" data (factbooks, historical reports,
many governement reports, and most strategic plans) and information
that is crucial to the institution (cohort survival data, enrollment
forecast scenarios, program enrollment trends matched to transfer
numbers and labor markets, penetration rates, and competitor analysis.(PDF)
Strategic Planning
with Mixed Methodologies. This tool authored by Rick Voorhees
provides an overview of how to integrate qualitative and quantitative methods
to produce a successful strategic plan for higher education institutions. Based on
a paper presented at the European Association for Institutional Research meeting
in Innsbruck in 2007 and a subsequent chapter in New Directions for Institutional
Research, it illustrates how to use multiple points of intelligence
to develop a hard hitting strategic plan.(PDF)
Developing a
Twenty-First Century Faculty. This tool, developed by Dr.
Alice Bedard-Voorhees, explores the imperative for faculty
development if higher education institutions are serious about
providing quality learning experiences for new paradigms.(PDF)
Using Research
to Align Academic and Technical Instructional Programs book chapter by Rick
Voorhees appearing in "Higher Education and Workforce Development: A
Strategic Role for Institutional Research" [R. Voorhees and L. Harvey,
Editors] published by Jossey-Bass in January 2006. Intended as a toolkit
for academic leaders, curriculum planners, and institutional researchers,
this piece reviews techniques that can be used to assess the viability of
existing programs as well as to guage the viability of new programs.(PDF)
Checklist for Evaluating
Institutional Practices and Policies Impacting Recruitment, Retention,
and Success for Students of Color and Low Income Students. This tool
helps higher organizational leaders identify the intersections between
institutional practice and policy and the success of students of
color and low-income students. Developed in consultation with the
national Achieving the Dream initiative by Rick Voorhees and the late
Dan Walleri, this checklist can be a catalyst for critical institution-wide
discussions about accelerating success for underrepresented students. For a copy of
this checklist in Excel, simply email us.(PDF)
Checklist for
Evaluating Academic Support Units. This tool helps institutions
identify where gaps may exist in their efforts to provide out-of-class
support for learners.(PDF)
Strategic
Research for Enrollment Management presentation by Rick Voorhees
delivered as a pre-conference workshop at the mid-AIR annual meeting in
October 2006. This presentation examines the current context
for enrollment management and provides an overview of the data that institutions
should create to effectively manage their futures. Conclusion: enrollment
management is a subset of total institutional strategy. (PDF)
Evaluation of Intervention Programs for Low-Income Students and Students of Color
presentation by Rick Voorhees made for the statewide meeting of Florida
Community Colleges participating in the national Achieving the Dream initiative.
This presentation is an overview of the connections between research design,
administrative data systems that produce little information to guide program
improvement, and attributes of community colleges students, especially low-income
students and students of color, that should be considered in an effective
evaluation scheme.(PDF)
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