[OKAIR] Friday's OKAIR Conference...
Lynn Boyce
lboyce at usao.edu
Tue Oct 11 10:38:45 CDT 2011
Good morning!
Just a reminder that today is the last day to pre-register for Friday's
conference with the discounted rate. This will be an interesting
conference.please see the agenda below.
FALL 2011 CONFERENCE AGENDA
9:00am - 9:20am Registration, continental breakfast
9:20am - 9:30am Welcome from Oklahoma City University Provost Dr. Susan
Barber
9:30am - 10:30am "What Happens in my IR Office"
OKAIR Board & audience members
Board members and audience members will discuss how their offices
manage the work flow, as there are many responsibilities that each
office has and those responsibilities often differ from campus to
campus.
10:30am - 10:45am Morning Break
10:45am - 11:35am "Accessing 2010 Census and American Community Survey Data"
Cindy Boling & Dr. Cynthia Murray - University of Central Oklahoma
The Office of Institutional Research at the University of Central
Oklahoma tracks retention, continuation and graduation rates for a
number of populations, including the Student Right to Know (SRTK)
cohort. For many cohorts, we track students through ten years. Our
office is asked to compare retention initiative, but the SRTK cohort is
often not a good comparison. UCO is one of 19 institutions chosen to
beta test the Student Learning Progress model developed by the
University of Alaska Anchorage. This paper will cover the background
of the project at UCO and discuss the initial set of reports, reactions to
the new methodology, and the next steps in the process. The Student
Learning Progress model looks at all incoming students and includes a
Successful Learning Rate to track learning progress.
11:45am - 12:45pm Lunch, Business Meeting, and Elections
1:00pm - 1:50pm "Extending the Assessment Process beyond Academic Units"
Dr. Karla Oty & Mr. Zeak Naifeh - Cameron University
This presentation will focus on extending an outcomes based
assessment process to non-instructional units. We will address the
following topics: (1) current processes used by Cameron University; (2)
issues faces by non-instructional units in the beginning stages of
assessment; (3) examples of outcomes - mainly from Student Activities and
Enrollment Management; and (4) educating faculty about working
with non-instructional units.
1:50pm - 2:00pm Afternoon Break
2:00pm - 3:00pm "CCA Database Update"
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education panel
An update from the State Regents Office regarding the Complete
College America program that has been a topic of interest at the State
government level.
3:00pm - 3:15pm Conference Wrap-up and Evaluations
Hope to see you there!!
Lynn
J. Lynn Boyce
Vice President for Information Services and Technology
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
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