From helsper at morris.umn.edu Wed Mar 4 11:38:46 2015 From: helsper at morris.umn.edu (Nancy Helsper) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:38:46 -0600 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Message-ID: Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. 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Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. [cid:image001.png at 01CC10BB.D050B260] From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. Nancy Helsper -- [http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/acad_affairs/threecolorsignature.jpg] Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator University of Minnesota, Morris 315 Behmler Hall 600 East 4th St. Morris, MN 56267 helsper at morris.umn.edu reports.morris.umn.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9011 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From rao at geneseo.edu Wed Mar 4 11:55:08 2015 From: rao at geneseo.edu (Julie Rao) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 12:55:08 -0500 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Nancy, Geneseo has decided to move to a 3 year cycle with the NSSE. We did it in 2014, so we would repeat it again in 2017. We'd love to have as many of our COPLAC colleagues for comparison as possible. I know like Cathy, other schools have NSSE cycles that are out of their control. Julie *Julie Meyer Rao, Ph.D.* Director of Institutional Research SUNY College at Geneseo 221 Erwin 1 College Circle Geneseo, NY 14454 rao at geneseo.edu 585.245.5553 On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Nancy Helsper wrote: > Everyone, > > My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going > from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a > 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall > semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would > expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their > senior year for NSSE. > > My questions are: > > 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? > > 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or > a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you > offer it every spring, we are covered!) > > Thanks. > > Nancy Helsper > > -- > > Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research > Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator > University of Minnesota, Morris > 315 Behmler Hall > 600 East 4th St. > Morris, MN 56267 > helsper at morris.umn.edu > reports.morris.umn.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > COPLAC-IR mailing list > COPLAC-IR at lists.onenet.net > http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/coplac-ir > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gkhaneja at ramapo.edu Wed Mar 4 12:04:46 2015 From: gkhaneja at ramapo.edu (Gurvinder Khaneja) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:04:46 -0500 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle In-Reply-To: <24470_1425491552_54F7465F_24470_16655_2_BY2PR02MB4753E2A0D0C4D3656D99DE4BF1E0@BY2PR02MB475.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <24470_1425491552_54F7465F_24470_16655_2_BY2PR02MB4753E2A0D0C4D3656D99DE4BF1E0@BY2PR02MB475.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <00a901d056a5$b2e26b40$18a741c0$@ramapo.edu> Ditto for Ramapo College of New Jersey. Gurvinder Khaneja ____________________________________ Gurvinder Khaneja, Ed.D. Director of Institutional Research Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201.684.7766 | Fax: 201.684.7946 Email: gkhaneja at ramapo.edu IR Web site: http://www.ramapo.edu/ir From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Turrentine, Cathy Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:47 PM To: Nancy Helsper; COPLAC IR List Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Nancy ? Keene State College adopted the two-year NSSE cycle to participate with COPLAC. I personally think that a three-year cycle makes more sense. However, we can?t do that. Because we were already on a two-year cycle with COPLAC, our trustees now require that we (and all institutions in our system) report NSSE results every two years. So even if the COPLAC cycle were to change, we would still be locked into a two-year pattern. Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. cid:image001.png at 01CC10BB.D050B260 From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. Nancy Helsper -- Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator University of Minnesota, Morris 315 Behmler Hall 600 East 4th St. Morris, MN 56267 helsper at morris.umn.edu reports.morris.umn.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9011 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Miller_R at fortlewis.edu Wed Mar 4 12:26:49 2015 From: Miller_R at fortlewis.edu (Miller, Richard A) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:26:49 +0000 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7c03a717dc48436abc83f5be9dbe2968@mbx2.fortlewis.edu> FLC administers NSSE every two (2) years. I don?t really see a three-year cycle as problematic. The main driver of NSSE participation for us is that we have information needs for our strategic plan and re-accreditation. [FLC logo] Richard A. Miller Executive Director 1000 Rim Drive Berndt Hall 240 Durango, CO 81301 +1.970.247.7426 From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Turrentine, Cathy Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 10:47 AM To: Nancy Helsper; COPLAC IR List Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Nancy ? Keene State College adopted the two-year NSSE cycle to participate with COPLAC. I personally think that a three-year cycle makes more sense. However, we can?t do that. Because we were already on a two-year cycle with COPLAC, our trustees now require that we (and all institutions in our system) report NSSE results every two years. So even if the COPLAC cycle were to change, we would still be locked into a two-year pattern. Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. [cid:image001.png at 01CC10BB.D050B260] From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. 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Thanks, Emily Emily Zobel Associate Institutional Planner / Manager Office of Institutional Effectiveness University of Wisconsin - Superior (715) 394-8396 From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Gurvinder Khaneja Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:05 PM To: 'Turrentine, Cathy'; 'Nancy Helsper'; 'COPLAC IR List' Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Ditto for Ramapo College of New Jersey. Gurvinder Khaneja ____________________________________ Gurvinder Khaneja, Ed.D. Director of Institutional Research Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201.684.7766 | Fax: 201.684.7946 Email: gkhaneja at ramapo.edu IR Web site: http://www.ramapo.edu/ir From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Turrentine, Cathy Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:47 PM To: Nancy Helsper; COPLAC IR List Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Nancy ? Keene State College adopted the two-year NSSE cycle to participate with COPLAC. I personally think that a three-year cycle makes more sense. However, we can?t do that. Because we were already on a two-year cycle with COPLAC, our trustees now require that we (and all institutions in our system) report NSSE results every two years. So even if the COPLAC cycle were to change, we would still be locked into a two-year pattern. Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. [cid:image001.png at 01D05682.8575A000] From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. 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Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9011 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From coghlanl at evergreen.edu Wed Mar 4 15:04:58 2015 From: coghlanl at evergreen.edu (Coghlan, Laura) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 21:04:58 +0000 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle In-Reply-To: <00a901d056a5$b2e26b40$18a741c0$@ramapo.edu> References: <24470_1425491552_54F7465F_24470_16655_2_BY2PR02MB4753E2A0D0C4D3656D99DE4BF1E0@BY2PR02MB475.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> <00a901d056a5$b2e26b40$18a741c0$@ramapo.edu> Message-ID: <79153840692D7640916BCBB6C634328B4BD5FF38@coconut.evergreen.edu> Hi all, Evergreen is locked in the two-year cycle for at least the near future since we?ve committed to that for our regional accreditation metrics. We also alternate NSSE years with our own in-house Student Experience Survey, so moving to a three year cycle would be problematic on that front as well. I don?t have any concerns about other institutions moving to a three-year cycle though, since we?ll compare ourselves to whatever subset of COPLAC schools happen to be participating in even-numbers years. I reluctantly participated in the official COPLAC consortium in 2014, because of the value in having a set of inclusive consortium data in case we decided to do any group research studies or presentations. The reluctance was grounded in the fact that the consortium decided to administer the archaic set of add-on questions, when I know they are not relevant and add unnecessary length to an already long survey with diminishing response rates. My plan at this point is to continue to participate in NSSE in even-numbered years, and to hand select a custom peer group that consists of any other participating COPLAC schools in that year. So, we?d miss out in some years on having schools that are on a three-year cycle in our peer group, but we?d pick them up again when the even-numbered years collide. The new NSSE optional modules are quite interesting as well. We used the Development of Transferable Skills in 2014 and the questions were very relevant and the results were informative. I suspect I?ll use any add-on space in future administrations to rotate through some of the interesting NSSE optional modules. Best wishes to you all. I hope that those of you out East find your way out of winter soon. Laura Coghlan Director of Institutional Research and Assessment The Evergreen State College From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Gurvinder Khaneja Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 10:05 AM To: 'Turrentine, Cathy'; 'Nancy Helsper'; 'COPLAC IR List' Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Ditto for Ramapo College of New Jersey. Gurvinder Khaneja ____________________________________ Gurvinder Khaneja, Ed.D. Director of Institutional Research Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201.684.7766 | Fax: 201.684.7946 Email: gkhaneja at ramapo.edu IR Web site: http://www.ramapo.edu/ir From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Turrentine, Cathy Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:47 PM To: Nancy Helsper; COPLAC IR List Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Nancy ? Keene State College adopted the two-year NSSE cycle to participate with COPLAC. I personally think that a three-year cycle makes more sense. However, we can?t do that. Because we were already on a two-year cycle with COPLAC, our trustees now require that we (and all institutions in our system) report NSSE results every two years. So even if the COPLAC cycle were to change, we would still be locked into a two-year pattern. Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. [cid:image001.png at 01CC10BB.D050B260] From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. Nancy Helsper -- [http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/acad_affairs/threecolorsignature.jpg] Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator University of Minnesota, Morris 315 Behmler Hall 600 East 4th St. Morris, MN 56267 helsper at morris.umn.edu reports.morris.umn.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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While I don?t think triennial administration is problematic, we?d likely stick to biennial administration, since NSSE has metrics that we need for FLC?s strategic plan, re-accreditation, and our quality initiative. FLC opted to use NSSE?s topical focus questions in 2014, instead of COPLAC?s consortium questions. We found the NSSE modules about diversity and advising a little more pertinent for our current concerns than COPLAC?s questions. Given that, as well as Laura?s comments, COPLAC might want to re-visit their supplemental questions for NSSE. [FLC logo] Richard A. Miller Executive Director 1000 Rim Drive Berndt Hall 240 Durango, CO 81301 +1.970.247.7426 From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Coghlan, Laura Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 2:05 PM To: 'COPLAC IR List' Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Hi all, Evergreen is locked in the two-year cycle for at least the near future since we?ve committed to that for our regional accreditation metrics. We also alternate NSSE years with our own in-house Student Experience Survey, so moving to a three year cycle would be problematic on that front as well. I don?t have any concerns about other institutions moving to a three-year cycle though, since we?ll compare ourselves to whatever subset of COPLAC schools happen to be participating in even-numbers years. I reluctantly participated in the official COPLAC consortium in 2014, because of the value in having a set of inclusive consortium data in case we decided to do any group research studies or presentations. The reluctance was grounded in the fact that the consortium decided to administer the archaic set of add-on questions, when I know they are not relevant and add unnecessary length to an already long survey with diminishing response rates. My plan at this point is to continue to participate in NSSE in even-numbered years, and to hand select a custom peer group that consists of any other participating COPLAC schools in that year. So, we?d miss out in some years on having schools that are on a three-year cycle in our peer group, but we?d pick them up again when the even-numbered years collide. The new NSSE optional modules are quite interesting as well. We used the Development of Transferable Skills in 2014 and the questions were very relevant and the results were informative. I suspect I?ll use any add-on space in future administrations to rotate through some of the interesting NSSE optional modules. Best wishes to you all. I hope that those of you out East find your way out of winter soon. Laura Coghlan Director of Institutional Research and Assessment The Evergreen State College From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Gurvinder Khaneja Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 10:05 AM To: 'Turrentine, Cathy'; 'Nancy Helsper'; 'COPLAC IR List' Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Ditto for Ramapo College of New Jersey. Gurvinder Khaneja ____________________________________ Gurvinder Khaneja, Ed.D. Director of Institutional Research Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Phone: 201.684.7766 | Fax: 201.684.7946 Email: gkhaneja at ramapo.edu IR Web site: http://www.ramapo.edu/ir From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Turrentine, Cathy Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:47 PM To: Nancy Helsper; COPLAC IR List Subject: Re: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Nancy ? Keene State College adopted the two-year NSSE cycle to participate with COPLAC. I personally think that a three-year cycle makes more sense. However, we can?t do that. Because we were already on a two-year cycle with COPLAC, our trustees now require that we (and all institutions in our system) report NSSE results every two years. So even if the COPLAC cycle were to change, we would still be locked into a two-year pattern. Cathy ************************************************** Cathryn Turrentine, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment Keene State College Hale Building, 3rd Floor 229 Main St. Keene, NH 03435-1506 603-358-2117 The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides evidence to support student success, institutional effectiveness, and diversity and helps to shape the campus conversation around important issues. [cid:image001.png at 01CC10BB.D050B260] From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:39 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. My questions are: 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you offer it every spring, we are covered!) Thanks. Nancy Helsper -- [http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/acad_affairs/threecolorsignature.jpg] Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator University of Minnesota, Morris 315 Behmler Hall 600 East 4th St. Morris, MN 56267 helsper at morris.umn.edu reports.morris.umn.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Jason Canales Institutional Research Analyst Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning 375 Church Street | North Adams, MA 01247 P: 413-662-5413 E: jason.canales at mcla.edu ________________________________ From: coplac-ir-bounces at lists.onenet.net on behalf of Nancy Helsper Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:38 PM To: COPLAC IR List Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle Everyone, My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their senior year for NSSE. 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URL: From eaclune at smcm.edu Thu Mar 5 06:58:12 2015 From: eaclune at smcm.edu (Clune-Kneuer, Elizabeth) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:58:12 -0500 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] NSSE Cycle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: St. Mary's has been looking to participate in a 3 year cycle of NSSE, but we are currently experiencing quite a bit of transition at the senior level. With a new president as of this summer and a current search for the provost, this may be altered once final senior leadership is selected and on site. In the past, we have been interested in the COPLAC module group/questions. We have not participated in the CIRP, but have used BCSSE. Hope all is well! ~Elizabeth Elizabeth A. Clune-Kneuer, M.Ed. Associate Director of Institutional Research St. Mary's College of Maryland 18952 E. Fisher Rd. Glendening Hall 241 St. Mary's City, MD 20686 (240)895-4274 (240)895-4472 (fax) email: eaclune at smcm.edu On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Nancy Helsper wrote: > Everyone, > > My institution, the University of Minnesota, Morris, is thinking of going > from a 2-year cycle of conducting NSSE (every other year, even years) to a > 3-year cycle. We would do the CIRP survey of entering freshmen in fall > semester of the same year we do NSSE in the spring. That way we would > expect to catch those entering freshmen who did CIRP as they are in their > senior year for NSSE. > > My questions are: > > 1) What cycle are you using for the NSSE survey (if any cycle at all)? > > 2) Would you consider moving to a 3-year cycle (beginning spring 2017) or > a cycle that would include the same years as UMM? (For instance, if you > offer it every spring, we are covered!) > > Thanks. > > Nancy Helsper > > -- > > Nancy Helsper, Director of Institutional Research > Coordinator of Assessment / Catalog Coordinator > University of Minnesota, Morris > 315 Behmler Hall > 600 East 4th St. > Morris, MN 56267 > helsper at morris.umn.edu > reports.morris.umn.edu/ > > _______________________________________________ > COPLAC-IR mailing list > COPLAC-IR at lists.onenet.net > http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/coplac-ir > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eaclune at smcm.edu Fri Mar 27 08:33:17 2015 From: eaclune at smcm.edu (Clune-Kneuer, Elizabeth) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:33:17 -0400 Subject: [COPLAC-IR] COPLAC Data Profile 14-15 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi COPLAC IR Staff, I have an update on the COPLAC Data Profile codebook and form. In metric 63 (FTE Student), it should have said FTE Students, not FTE Undergrad Students. I have confirmed with IPEDS that this is all students (except professional program) not just undergraduate students. I have corrected this in the form and the codebook. I have reattached the code book. Thanks to Laura Dorman from UIS for catching this. This is also your friendly reminder that the COPLAC Data Profile is due to me via the Google Form submission by April 10th. Please help me be able to complete this in a timely manner by submitting this on time. Thanks so much! If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. I will be out of the office next week, but will be back Tuesday (4/7). Have a great weekend. Elizabeth Elizabeth A. Clune-Kneuer, M.Ed. Associate Director of Institutional Research St. Mary's College of Maryland 18952 E. Fisher Rd. Glendening Hall 241 St. Mary's City, MD 20686 (240)895-4274 (240)895-4472 (fax) email: eaclune at smcm.edu On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Clune-Kneuer, Elizabeth wrote: > Hi COPLAC IR Staff! > > This is just a friendly reminder regarding the COPLAC Data Profile > schedule. All of the documents are attached to this email for reference. > If you have any questions that you need assistance with, please feel free > to let me know and I will help as best I can. > > Have a great day. > > Elizabeth > > Elizabeth A. Clune-Kneuer, M.Ed. > Associate Director of Institutional Research > St. Mary's College of Maryland > 18952 E. Fisher Rd. > Glendening Hall 241 > St. Mary's City, MD 20686 > (240)895-4274 > (240)895-4472 (fax) > email: eaclune at smcm.edu > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Clune-Kneuer, Elizabeth > Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM > Subject: COPLAC Data Profile 14-15 > To: COPLAC IR List > > > Dear COPLAC IR Staff, > > Thank you so much for your patience as we worked through last year?s new > profile and processes. We never would have been able to make this > successful without your help! I have updated the processes based upon > questions and feedback that I received to try to make this as easy as > possible for all of us involved. To help facilitate this process to be as > seamless as possible, I hope that this email will help to outline the > project calendar and other general housekeeping items to help the Data > Profile be as easy as possible. > > COPLAC Data Profile Calendar 2014-15 > > Prior to November 15th - Send Google Form and Excel Codebook to > institutions from Elizabeth > > April 8th - IPEDS Spring Collection Closes (unrelated to COPLAC Data > Profile, but significant impact on institutional calendar) > > April 10th - COPLAC Data Profile is due to Elizabeth from institutions > via Google Form submission > > May 18th - Elizabeth send draft profile to institutions (will be sent > earlier if possible) > > May 22nd (or one week after the draft is sent out, whichever is earlier.) > - Institutions review draft and provide updates or confirmation of valid > data. > > June 1 - Final Draft sent to Bill Spellman > > TBD after final draft is distributed - feedback on process and metrics? > > I have revised the calendar from last year to help institutions complete > the IPEDS Finance report (and the rest of the IPEDS Spring Collections) but > have moved it back as far as I can to leave time for me to process > everything else within the Profile into the publication handouts. Please > submit the Profile within this timetable as I have condensed the time for > me to transform it. There is not a lot of wiggle room in the timetable so > I would appreciate if everyone was timely within this process (or had early > submissions if possible). > > > I have also attached an Excel spreadsheet with the updated metrics, > definitions, and sources. I have noted in green anything that has changed > (updated) within existing metrics to provide additional clarity. I have > indicated new metrics in blue. There are some additional new metrics, but > they are primarily additional information that is already reported to IPEDS > as well as a more recent 4 year graduation rate. > > In order for institutions to submit the data using the Google form, it > will all need to be submitted in one sitting. It will not allow you to go > back in multiple times. It is essentially set up like a survey. As a > result of that, I encourage you to fill out the information in the Excel > spreadsheet then enter the information into the Google form. I have placed > a new column that will enable you to either work off of paper copies or > print the codebook to enter it into the Google form. > > Here is the link to the Google submission form: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tVo7IZZ-QOSrpoIOwzMVWLC1b_-diLt4NXnVcvqjD7k/viewform > > Additionally, there are a few housekeeping items that will help me greatly > to process the data. > > - > > If you have values that are not applicable, please leave the metric > blank. Please do not place either a ?n/a? or 0 in something that is not a > real zero (0) value. > - > > Please do not place dollar signs, percent symbols or commas into the > figures and only insert the numbers. > > > Additionally, I created a COPLAC IR Staff group on LinkedIn as a space to > bounce ideas or questions around. This also will enable us to have an > archive of thoughts/questions and to connect to each other. If you go to > LinkedIn and search ?COPLAC IR Staff? and request to join, I can approve > you to be a part of the group. > > As always, if you have any questions, feel free to let me know and we will > work through this as best we can. > > Thanks for all of your help! > > ~Elizabeth > > Elizabeth A. Clune-Kneuer, M.Ed. > Associate Director of Institutional Research > St. Mary's College of Maryland > 18952 E. Fisher Rd. > Glendening Hall 241 > St. Mary's City, MD 20686 > (240)895-4274 > (240)895-4472 (fax) > email: eaclune at smcm.edu > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: COPLAC Data Codebook 2014-15 collection;03-27-14.xlsx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Size: 21410 bytes Desc: not available URL: