OCAIR

Overseas Chinese Association for Institutional Research
An AIR Affiliate That Supports IR Professionals Since 1996

This page contains summaries of group on-line discussion regarding various topics that are concerning us, such as job hunting skills, how to run an IR office, how to translater "Institutional Research" into Chinese, etc. Many thanks go to the group members who contributed to this collection.

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General IR Issues

  1. STEM CIP Codes (4/17/2010)
  2. Discussions on Higher Scores but Lower Skills (9/11/2009)
  3. What's the basis for the indirect cost allocation on your campus? (9/1/2009)
  4. What are the criteria used in the selection of Peer institutions? (8/25/2009)
  5. SAT Writing (7/25/2009)
  6. Guidance on Collecting and Reporting Race/Ethnicity (5/4/2007)
  7. Define Underrepresented Group and Time to Degree (11/28/2006)
  8. Academic Year vs. Fiscal Year (10/12/2006)
  9. What Role Does IR Office Play in the NRC (National Research Council) Survey? (9/1/2006)
  10. Experiences and thoughts on Advisory Committee (7/21/2006)
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Student Retention and Graduation Issue

  1. Track Students' Progression from Undergraduate to Graduate/Professional School (4/15/2010)
  2. Retention Analysis Model (4/7/2010)
  3. Graduation Rates Data by State (5/8/2008)
  4. Data Source for Student Profile and Retention Rate Benchmarking (9/1/2006)
  5. Retention (1) (2/28/2006)
  6. Retention (2) (2/28/2006)
  7. ACT(SAT) & High School Rank as Predictors for Retention (2/9/2006)
  8. Time to Degree Study 1 (7/21/2003)
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Tuition and Finance

  1. Net Price Calculator (7/31/2009)
  2. Cost Allocation by Student Level or Course Level? (6/9/2006)
  3. Tuition Discount (2/28/2006)
  4. Tuition Raise (2/28/2003)
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Program Review

  1. Questions for Evaluating Proposed Programs/Projects (6/5/2003)
  2. Faculty's Role in Program Review (1/31/2003)
  3. Conducting Program Reviews (2/28/2002)
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Assessment on Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Discussion on Assessment on Student Learning Outcomes (9/9/2003)
  2. A Technical Guideline for A Plan of Outcome Assessment (9/9/2003)
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College Performance and Best College Ranking

  1. To Rank or Not to Rank? (9/27/2004)
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Enrollment Projection

  1. Projecting Enrollment for a Two-Year Institution (5/1/2002)
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Definition

  1. Problems Regarding the Definition of First Generation and the Usage of the Term (7/6/2009)
  2. Dual (concurrently) Enrolled FTIAC and Transfer Student Definitions (10/25/2006)
  3. Freshmen Definition (4/29/2005)
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Campus Diversity

  1. Race Index and methods to calculate them (2/9/2006)
  2. Definition of Non-Traditional Student (5/31/2005)
  3. Definition of First Generation (2) (2/28/2004)
  4. Definition of First Generation (1) (6/30/2003)
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Electronic Dashboard and Performance Indicators

  1. The Building and Implementation of Dashboard (7/22/2004)
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Faculty Studies and Issues

  1. National Statistics on Age of Faculty Members (5/26/2010)
  2. Faculty Salary Database (7/13/2007)
  3. How to Do Faculty Salary Equity Studies? (7/13/2006)
  4. General Rule of FTE Faculty Course Load? (12/21/2005)
  5. Faculty Over-time: Count or not Count? (4/30/2004)
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Student as Customers

  1. How to study an institution's access issues? (2/9/2006)
  2. Student as Customers (2/9/2006)
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Grade Inflation Studies

  1. The Use of Grade Distribution (2/28/2005)
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NSSE Administration Problems

  1. NSSE Administration Problems (4/29/2005)
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Overseas

  1. Discussion on What China's Universities and Students Want Most from American Universities? (9/8/2005)
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