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.

Categories

• General IR Issues
• Student Retention and Graduation Issue
• Tuition and Finance
• Program Review
• Assessment on Student Learning Outcomes
• College Performance and Best College Ranking
• Enrollment Projection
• Definition
• Campus Diversity
• Electronic Dashboard and Performance Indicators
• Faculty Studies and Issues
• Student as Customers
• Grade Inflation Studies
• NSSE Administration Problems
• Overseas

General IR Issues

1. Guidance on Collecting and Reporting Race/Ethnicity (5/4/2007)
2. Define Underrepresented Group and Time to Degree (11/28/2006)
3. Academic Year vs. Fiscal Year (10/12/2006)
4. What Role Does IR Office Play in the NRC (National Research Council) Survey? (9/1/2006)
5. Experiences and thoughts on Advisory Committee (7/21/2006)

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Student Retention and Graduation Issue

1. Graduation Rates Data by State (5/8/2008)
2. Data Source for Student Profile and Retention Rate Benchmarking (9/1/2006)
3. Retention (1) (2/28/2006)
4. Retention (2) (2/28/2006)
5. ACT(SAT) & High School Rank as Predictors for Retention (2/9/2006)
6. Time to Degree Study 1 (7/21/2003)

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Tuition and Finance

1. Cost Allocation by Student Level or Course Level? (6/9/2006)
2. Tuition Discount (2/28/2006)
3. 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. Dual (concurrently) Enrolled FTIAC and Transfer Student Definitions (10/25/2006)
2. 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. Faculty Salary Database (7/13/2007)
2. How to Do Faculty Salary Equity Studies? (7/13/2006)
3. General Rule of FTE Faculty Course Load? (12/21/2005)
4. 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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