[COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data Profile...

Wed Apr 18 11:56:02 CDT 2012

Please keep in mind that Bill Spellman needs this not in a spreadsheet but
in a format that all of the university presidents will be able to put their
hands on to be able to  discuss between themselves.  Also, keep in mind the
limited time we have to do this and "my" limited time to devote to this
project as well.  My biggest concern is mainly the time it will take to pull
all this together, analyze and see what else is needed, gather that, then
compile, and reformat to book form.  And in just 3-4 weeks.

Lynn

J. Lynn Boyce

Vice President for Information Services and Technology 

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

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From: Lashley, Brian (Institutional Research)
[mailto:LashleyB at easternct.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:37 AM
To: 'Sarah Hardy'; Miller,James L
Cc: lboyce at usao.edu; coplac-ir at lists.onenet.net; Anita Fraley; Archer
Gravely; Babs Varano; Beth Carter; Bill Spellman; Cassandra Slaybaugh; Chris
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Lewis Institutional Research; Ginger Otwell; Hui-Min Wen; Jason Canales;
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Subject: RE: [COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data Profile...

I think Sarah's idea is quite good.  The IPEDS Data Center can provide so
much of what we report on the annual profile, and of course someone could
easily create & distribute a list of the COPLAC unit IDs to upload.

Brian R. Lashley, Ph.D.

Assistant Director of IR

Eastern Connecticut State U

Willimantic, CT  06226

lashleyb at easternct.edu

860-465-5596

From: Sarah Hardy [mailto:sarah.hardy at maine.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:45 AM
To: Miller,James L
Cc: lboyce at usao.edu; coplac-ir at lists.onenet.net; Anita Fraley; Archer
Gravely; Babs Varano; Beth Carter; Bill Spellman; Lashley, Brian
(Institutional Research); Cassandra Slaybaugh; Chris Stanek; Cristi Carson;
Doug Rawlings; Elizabeth Acker; Elizabeth Clune; Fort Lewis Institutional
Research; Ginger Otwell; Hui-Min Wen; Jason Canales; Julie Rao; Laura
Coghlan; Laura Dorman; Mascetti, Kris; Mathew Wilkerson; Matt Stillman;
Nancy Asher; Nancy Helsper; Orien McGlamery; Pat Parson; Sarah Maene; Scott
Bevins; Tim Hanson; Vicki Warzecha; Wrenette Tedder
Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Annual Data Profile...

I have never been through this process before so this idea may be coming
completely.
 out of left field. Could we build a COPLAC comparator group in IPEDS and
pull everything they have and export it to a spreadsheet and then see what
measures that are important to the liberal arts mission that are not
available in IPEDS? One advantage is that the data would be in a format
which would make it easy to analyze directly. I have already built this
group once and pulled some data, but I'm not sure if I saved it. I could
work on this, but not until June because I will be gone the entire month of
May ( Doug will be doing our survey again this year).

On a related note -- is anyone else using R for analysis? And if so would
you be interested in sharing scripts?

Sarah

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Miller,James L <JMiller at uwsuper.edu>
wrote:

It seems to me that the data could be more helpful if we reported fall 2011
data for those elements that are available.  I have been reporting fall 2011
enrollment, faculty, and class size data for several months.  All that is on
the Common Data Set we all published late in 2011.  So it does seem strange
that we would be reporting fall 2010 enrollment data on Tab 1 of the sheet.

Might we look at the data elements and determine which are available and
would be more helpful, if we could move the capture date from 2010 to 2011?
We would still need to have some 2010-11 data, as we don't yet have final
information for 2011-12, but anything we could make more timely would make
it more helpful, in my opinion.

Jim

Jim Miller

University of Wisconsin-Superior <http://www.uwsuper.edu/>  

P.O. Box 2000, Belknap & Catlin Streets

Superior, WI  54880

715/394-8396 <tel:715%2F394-8396> 

Immediate Past President

Board of Directors & Executive Committee Member

National Association for College Admission Counseling
<http://www.nacacnet.org/> 

From: lboyce at usao.edu [mailto:lboyce at usao.edu] 

Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:10 PM

To: coplac-ir at lists.onenet.net; 'Anita Fraley'; 'Archer Gravely'; 'Babs
Varano'; 'Beth Carter'; 'Bill Spellman'; 'Brian Lashley'; 'Cassandra
Slaybaugh'; Chris Stanek; 'Cristi Carson'; 'Doug Rawlings'; 'Elizabeth
Acker'; 'Elizabeth Clune'; 'Fort Lewis Institutional Research'; 'Ginger
Otwell'; 'Hui-Min Wen'; 'Jason Canales'; Miller,James L; 'Julie Rao'; 'Laura
Coghlan'; Laura Dorman; 'Mascetti, Kris'; 'Mathew Wilkerson'; 'Matt
Stillman'; Nancy Asher; 'Nancy Helsper'; 'Orien McGlamery'; 'Pat Parson';
'Sarah Maene'; 'Scott Bevins'; 'Tim Hanson'; Vicki Warzecha; 'Wrenette
Tedder'
Subject: COPLAC Annual Data Profile...

Hello all,

Please find attached a blank copy of the annual data profile for your
institution.  It would be greatly appreciated if you would send your
completed portion to me no later than May 18, 2012.  That will give me a
couple of weeks to compile the report and submit to Bill Spellman by May
31st  to send off to be printed for his Board.  And if you would, please
replace the word "blank" in the name of the file with your school's name;
that would help greatly.  

Sorry for any duplicate emails.  I am trying to make sure to reach every
school.  If you have any questions, please let me know?  

Lynn

J. Lynn Boyce

Vice President for Information Services and Technology 

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

http://www.usao.edu

lboyce at usao.edu

1727 W. Alabama

Chickasha, OK 73018

405.224.3140 (voice)

405.574.1220 (fax)

Treasurer (2006 - 2012)

Oklahoma Association of Institutional Research (OKAIR)

http://www.okairp.org

Information Services will never ask for your password.   Never email your
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arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with a distinctive and
accessible liberal arts and sciences education. In combining an
interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in major fields
of study, USAO aims to provide a thorough education that prepares students
for meaningful, purposeful lives.

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