California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR) San Diego, CA November 19-21, 2014 Conference Sponsor (Come meet Dominique and Ellen at the booth.) From Administration to Z-Scores: An Overview of Survey Research (Friday, November 21st, 10:00-10:45 AM)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Washington, DC November 20-22, 2014 Stay tuned for presentation information!
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Committee on Colleges (SACSCOC) Annual Meeting Nashville, TN December 6-9, 2014 Exhibitor (Ellen will be at the booth)
While football season is well under way, it is time for conference season to begin! Part of our mission is to produce and disseminate original research. We also help colleges and universities in using both our research findings and their …
The past year has brought intense scrutiny of colleges and universities over the issue of sexual assault on campus, particularly since the White House issued a report last January that included an alarming statistic: one in five women are sexually …
The process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA) has once again begun in Washington, DC. While this may seem remote from survey administration and analysis, current draft bills circulating to reauthorize HEA pertain to campus-level student data in highly …
Our August poll of the month asked about ways in which researchers incentivize survey participation. Survey research has demonstrated that some incentive is better than no incentive, and other studies have investigated how well certain types of incentives work. The …
Undoubtedly a number of presidents, provosts, directors of admissions, and others at elite colleges and universities are either breathing sighs of relief or wringing their hands this morning with the release of the 30th edition of the U.S. News and …
Accreditation remains a driving force behind survey use on college campuses. Because CIRP surveys are comprehensive and designed to be longitudinal, they cover a wide variety of outcomes related to student growth and development. CIRP survey data can be used …
“You have to go there. The Astins are there!” This was how I first became aware of Lena and Sandy Astin. I volunteered as an orientation counselor for incoming students at the start of my senior year at Tulane University …