CAIR 2017 Conference : Papers and Presentations

Wednesday, November 8

2:45 – 3:30

• Manor, Quigley
  Interactive and Animated Data Vis for Decision Support, Insights, and Storytelling
• Deplazes, Goel
  Student Engagement: From Raw Data to Meaningful Visualizations and Conversations
• Heider, Chavez
  A System to Streamline External Reporting Processes in IR Offices
• Reed, Yang, Chatman
  Leaving Early: Characteristics and Factors Influencing First Year Stopouts / Dropouts
• Stormes, James
  Institutional Research Campus Climate Survey

3:45 – 4:30

• Jackson, Livingston
  An Uncertain Future: How Prediction Intervals Help Researchers Express the Unknown
• Willet, Hayward, Hetts
  How Machine Learning and Multiple Measures are Reshaping College Placement
• Oh, Michaud, Adams
  Empowering Faculty with Student Success Data: CSUN Data Champions and Data Tools Workshops
• Fischthal, Luedtke
  The Past, Present, and Future of Noncredit Education in California Community Colleges
• Danube, Allen
  Implementing Campus Survey Coordination: Process, Pitfalls, and Next Steps
• Olanie
  Alumni Insight – A New Way to Track Student Outcomes
• Weisman
  Beyond Compliance: Turning Your Data into Action

4:45 – 5:30

• Banta
  Mapping & Beyond
• Zane
  Big Data in Small Bytes: Survey Transparency through Infographics
• Powers, Wahl, Alexander, Brown, Jackson
  Reenergizing Your Role – Professional Development for Seasoned Institutional Researchers
• Lankham, Halimah
  Repairing the Education Pipeline: Data and Strategies for Targeted Interventions
• Phillips, Kobayashi
  Effects of Various Factors on Student Persistence and Graduation
• Headstrom, Stemach, Le
  Chaos to Order: Integrating Clearinghouse Data into a Data Warehouse
• Krist
  Institutional Research 101: What Is Institutional Research, Anyway?

Thursday, November 9

9:00 – 9:45

• Brown
  Using Tableau to Communicate Complex Analyses
• Green
  Measure Tomorrow with Student Tracker Premium Service Today
• Medlen, Reynolds, Alexander, Allen, Cruz
  Key Performance Indicators – From Scorecard to Visual Dashboards
• Karimi, Moon, Murarka
  Campus Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter Data
• Amba, Karpp, Cicuto
  Assessing Two-Year College Student – Athletes Persistence, Retention and Transfer Rates
• Stevenson, Petersen
  Strengthening Data Culture through a Collaborative Data Literacy Program

10:15 – 11:00

• Shemelya
  The “New School” Method for Unlocking Graduate Outcomes Insights
• Saw
  Leveraging Alumni Research to Evaluate Institutional Effectiveness
• Rodriguez
  Power at Your Finger Tips: Developing an Interactive Dashboard Using Power BI
• King, Delgadillo, Uppal, Makabali
  Developing Noncredit Metrics: The Process of Inventing the Wheel
• Moon, Karimi, Kuroki, Furuichi, Murarka, Yang
  Graduation Initiative 2025: Role of Institutional Research to Support Data-Driven Decision at CSU Fullerton
• Greaney, Fadelli
  Associate Degrees for Transfer: Are Community College Students Benefitting?

11:15 – 12:00

• Nelson, Morales
  Digital Transformation in IR: Dashboards in a Day
• Petersen, Powers
  WSCUC Updates for Institutional Researchers
• Livingston
  Automated Daily Analytics
• Kuroki, Moon
  Identifying Factors Influencing Timely Graduation: Recent Research and Developments
• Krishnan, Paris, Lakhani, Tarjan
  Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Student Success Initiative

2:15 – 3:00

• Uppal, Delgadillo, King, Makabali
  Student Voices that Lead to Institutional Change
• Kuroki, Moon
  Is My Survey Biased? The Importance of Measurement Invariance
• Machamer, Thomas, Manor
  IR Boot Camp: How to Win Allies and Influence Leadership
• Alexander
  Using Institutional Survey Data to Understand the First Year Experience
• Huber, Moore
  The Role of Longitudinal Earning Data in Documenting College’s Value
• Willett, Jamoosian, Morris, Blohm
  Go Ahead, Be Prepared: Comparing Multivariate Models for Evaluating a Math Preparation Intervention

3:30 – 4:15

• Hausaman
  Navigating Substantive Change
• Eleuterio
  Using Longitudinal Data with Data Envelopment Analysis to Optimize Resources
• Chang, Canedo, Galarneau
  A Survey Study on Student Basic Needs at University of California
• Furuichi, Moon
  Automating Common Data Set Preparation Using R
• Spear
  Enrollment Data at your Fingertips!
• Manor, Acker, Alexander, Machamer
  Cal Answers (UC Berkeley’s Data Warehouse): Five Years Later

4:30 – 5:15

• Deraze
  Evaluating US Higher Education Performance
• Zheng, Byrd, Bach, Jackson, Peterson
  Getting Hired: How the University of California Prepares Students for the Workforce
• Leonard, Merlino
  Making Peace with Data Visualization Overload
• Thomson
  Self-Reported Learning Outcomes and Assessment: Making the Case
• Christian, Henestroza, Constantouros
  Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy

Friday, November 10

9:00 – 9:45

• Stormes, Steimetz, Bolkan, Manke
  Institutional Researchers and Faculty: Partners in Improving Student Outcomes
• Krist
  Program Review for non-Academic Units – IR, too
• Moore-Trieu, Furgiuele
  How Do We Know If Alumni Go on to Graduate School?
• Popoola, Wahl
  The Path to Data Governance
• Le
  Building a Data-Informed Decision Culture: The Primer I Wish I Had

10:15 – 11:00

• Basinger, Hardy
  The Impact of a Special Advising Program on Students’ Progress
• Arredondo, Pankey, Moore-Trieu
  Wage Earnings Data: How to Get it, What You Need to Know, and What You Can Do with It!
• Banta
  Culture of Analytics
• Powers
  IPEDS in the Know – News, Upcoming Changes, and Helpful Resources for Data Providers and Users
• Ramirez-Faghih, Fuller
  Gauging Student Equity: Methods for Measuring Disproportionate Impact

11:15 – 12:00

• Ross, Greaney, Powers, Tamada
  Data-Informed Decision Cultures
• Wong, Oh
  Using Dashboards to Support Decision-Making in Admission and Enrollment Planning
• Acharya
  Addressing Shortages in Classroom Space, a Model of Classroom Utilization
• Oakes
  Five Ways of Strategically Using Data to Showcase Institutional Success
• Wahl, Jackson
  Dashboards for Indirect Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
• Le, Johnson
  Advanced Uses of Qualtrics: from Automated Forms to Interactive Exams