[COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data

[Hui-Min Wen]

Brian:

We recently found a website that may be of interest to you.  They use the
data from IPEDS and Delta Cost Project.

http://www.collegemeasures.org/

Regards,

Hui-Min Wen

Director, Instructional Research & Assessment

New College of Florida



On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research) <
LashleyB at easternct.edu> wrote:

>  Hi all, and thanks Richard for your comments.
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> I want to express my strong agreement with best wishes to Lynn Boyce and
> also with the opportunity to do some “QC” (or “QA”) on the report before it
> is finalized.
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> But I do want us to consider keeping the current practice of having the
> academic data tied to the time frame of the most recently completed fiscal
> year.  You may not currently be doing analyses that bring together your
> academic and financial information, but now might be a good time to begin.
> A prominent new member of our state DHE came from the IR world and strongly
> urged us to start looking at costs per FTE.  I responded by doing just that,
> and I used COPLAC for comparisons.  I found some interesting things about
> Eastern spending that no one has ever discussed.
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> The spreadsheet version of the COPLAC report saves a ton of time if you
> want to do that type of analysis, because the two alternatives have
> drawbacks.  One alternative is to use the IPEDS data center.  I find that to
> be more difficult & time-consuming, although maybe I’m just not that skilled
> of a user.  But you also have to be careful about dodgy IPEDS Finance report
> figures.  Another option is to use the Delta Cost project.  That is somewhat
> time-consuming but moreover the latest data are a couple years old.  It does
> have some major advantages that I won’t delve into here.
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> So those are my thoughts.  I’ll be glad to hear yours.
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> Happy Friday,
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> Brian R. Lashley, Ph.D.
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> Assistant Director of IR
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> Eastern Connecticut State U
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> Willimantic, CT  06226
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> lashleyb at easternct.edu
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> 860-465-5596
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> *From:* coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:
> coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] *On Behalf Of *Miller, Richard A
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:09 PM
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> *To:* coplac-ir at lists.onenet.net
> *Cc:* Diane Carroll
> *Subject:* Re: [COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data
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> Sincere best wishes, thoughts, and prayers for Lynn Boyce.
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> As once might deduce from the below, FLC submitted information.  However,
> I’d like to reiterate our request that a draft copy of the resulting report
> be distributed, PRIOR to dissemination to presidents, provosts, etc. – for
> quality assurance reasons.
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> I’ll also re-iterate my strong preference that we adhere to the most recent
> official definitions and data sources (CDS, IPEDS, etc.), rather than our
> tradition of using out-dated,
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> less-standard time frames and measurements.
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> Best regards,
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> Richard A. Miller
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> Executive Director
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> OIRPA
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> *From:* coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:
> coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] *On Behalf Of *Diane Carroll
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2011 11:58 AM
> *To:* coplac-ir at lists.onenet.net
> *Subject:* [COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data
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> As some of you may know Lynn Boyce’s home was damaged in the Tornados that
> hit Oklahoma last Tuesday.  I am helping her with the Annual Data, and we
> are still missing some schools.  Following are a list of colleges and
> universities that have not sent their information; Evergreen State College,
> Keene State College, Mass. College of Liberal Arts, Ramapo College of NJ,
> Southern Oregon Univ., SUNY College of Geneseo, Univ. of Mary Washington,
> and Univ. of Virginia College at Wise.  We are past the deadline and need
> your information ASAP.  I am still waiting on a call to see if we can get an
> extension.
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> Thank you all for your attention to this matter.
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> Enjoy the day.
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> Diane
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> *Diane Carroll*
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> *Executive Assistant to the President and*
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> *Secretary to the USAO Board of Regents*
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> *University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma*
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> *1727 West Alabama, Office of the President*
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> *Chickasha, Oklahoma 73018*
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> *dcarroll at usao.edu*
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> *405-574-1201 (office)*
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> *405-574-1395 (fax)*
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