This Week In IPEDS (TWII)

Please join your AIR colleagues at the IPEDS Update presentation the AIR Forum (http://forum.airweb.org/2015). If you plan to be at the Forum, we hope that you will stop by the IPEDS booth in the exhibit hall (open Wed. 9:30am-5:30pm and Thur. 8:00am-2:30pm).

IPEDS Update

Wednesday, May 27 (1:00 – 1:45 pm)
Richard Reeves, National Center for Education Statistics

Additionally, several IPEDS-related workshops and sessions are being presented, including the following:

Pre-Forum Workshops:

IPEDS Keyholder Training

Monday, May 25 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Kimberly Thompson, University of the Rockies
Yvonne Kirby, Central Connecticut State University

Practices for Reporting and Using IPEDS Data to Improve Office Efficiencies

Tuesday, May 26 (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Mary Ann Coughlin, Springfield College
Kristina (Cragg) Powers, Bridgepoint Education

Speaker Sessions:

Detecting Effect Size Trends among Graduation and Retention Rates

Wednesday, May 27 (1:00 – 1:45 pm)
Conor Roycroft, Santa Clara University

Using Panel Data to Identify the Effects of Expenditures on Graduation

Wednesday, May 27 (2:00 – 2:45 pm)
Gary Pike, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Kirsten Robbins, Indiana University School of Education - IUPUI

Valuing 'Administrative Bloat': Benchmark Personnel Levels with IPEDS Data

Wednesday, May 27 (2:00 – 2:45 pm)
T. Hank Robinson, University of Nebraska Omaha
Jenny Liu, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Rita Sterkel, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Exploring Institutional Cohort Loan Default Rates

Wednesday, May 27 (3:00 – 3:45 pm)
Terry Ishitani, The University of Tennessee

Peer Institution Selection Using IPEDS Data and Cluster Analysis Procedures

Wednesday, May 27 (3:00 – 3:45 pm)
James Cross, Jacksonville University

SAIR Best Presentation: The Relationship Between Institutional Characteristics and Retention

Thursday, May 28 (8:15 – 9:00 am)
Marcos Velazque, Barry University

Triangulating Student Success: NSC, IPEDS, and the Absolute Graduation Rate

Thursday, May 28 (10:45 – 11:30 am)
Henry Hernandez, WASC Senior College and University Commission
Maureen Maloney, WASC Senior College and University Commission
Christopher Cullander, University of California-San Francisco (Retired)

Data Triple-Play: Linking Three Sources of Data to Understand Student Departure

Thursday, May 28 (2:30 – 3:15 pm)
Timothy Wasserman, Syracuse University

A Comparison of Two Institutions' Approaches to Peer Selection

Thursday, May 28 (3:30 – 4:15 pm)
John Stanley, University of Hawaii - West Oahu
Jacqueline Honda, University of Hawaii

Discussion Group

Financial Aid Reporting in IR Offices: Keys for Successful Reporting

Friday, May 29 (8:00 – 8:45 am)
Leslie Odom, Boise State University

Poster

Evolution from Excel Pivot Tables to Uploading SAS-Generated Files for IPEDS

Thursday, May 28 (11:45 am – 12:45 pm)
Robert June, Marquette University
Alexandra Riley, Marquette University

If you plan to be at the Forum, we hope that you will stop by the IPEDS booth in the exhibit hall.

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