This Week In IPEDS (TWII)

TRP Suggestions Available for Comment

Suggestions from the most recent meeting of the IPEDS Technical Review Panel are posted at https://edsurveys.rti.org/IPEDS_TRP/ and are currently open for comment. Suggestions are from Technical Review Panel #43, “Defining an IPEDS Institution – Part 2,” that was held March 18-19, 2014, in Washington DC. Comments from interested parties should be sent to Janice Kelly-Reid, IPEDS Project Director at RTI International, at ipedsTRPcomment@rti.org, and are due by June 4, 2014.

IPEDS Sessions at the AIR Forum

Please join your AIR colleagues at one or more of the IPEDS-related presentations scheduled at the AIR Forum (http://forum.airweb.org/2014/). If you plan to be at the Forum, we hope that you will stop by the IPEDS booth in the exhibit hall, or join us at one or more of the following sessions:

Pre-Forum Workshop: IPEDS Keyholder Training. Monday, May 26 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm). Presenters: Yvonne Kirby, Central Connecticut State University, and Kimberly A. Thompson, University of the Rockies.

Pre-Forum Workshop: Best Practices for Reporting and Using IPEDS Data to Improve Office Efficiencies. Tuesday, May 27 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm). Presenters: Amy Ballagh, Georgia Southern University and Kristina Cragg, Ashford University.

IPEDS Upload File Formats – Leveraging Technology to Reduce Reporting Burden. Thursday, May 29 (11:30 am – 12:15 pm). Presenters: Donna Silber, Maricopa Community College System and Sonia Schaible-Brandon, Colorado Mesa University.

Building a Culture of Evidence at Two Universities in the Middle East. Thursday, May 29 (11:30 am – 12:15 pm). Presenters: Ann Boudinot-Amin, The American University in Cairo, Rasha Radwan, The American University in Cairo, and Diane Nauffal, Lebanese American University.

The For-Profit Sector: Graduation Rate Performance and Default Rates. Thursday, May 29 (9:30 – 10:15 am). Presenter: Dmitry Suspitsyn, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.

Student Satisfaction: Comparing Institutions on Key Indicators. Wednesday, May 28 (10:30 – 11:15 am). Presenter: Julie Bryant, Noel-Levitz.

Measuring Diversity: A New Approach for Health Professions Education. Friday, May 30 (9:00 – 9:45 am). Presenters: Jacqueline McLaughlin, University of North Carolina, Gerald McLaughlin, DePaul University, Josetta McLaughlin, Roosevelt University, and Carla White, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

Open-Source Data Visualization: Introducing “Processing” as a Tool for IR. Thursday, May 29 (9:30 – 10:15 am). Presenter: Tim Stanley, Utah Valley University.

Discussion Group: Delta Cost Project Users Group. Thursday, May 29 (2:00 – 2:45 pm). Presenter: David Mongold, University of Hawaii System.

Factors Associated With College Choice By Out-Of-State Students In The Midwest (Poster). Wednesday, May 28 (12:45 – 1:45 pm). Presenter: Teruo Yokoyama, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Exploratory Analysis of Distance Education Data in IPEDS Completions Survey (Poster). Thursday, May 29 (12:45 – 1:45 pm). Presenter: Kurt Gunnell, Western Governors University.

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