General Session II – Divided We Fail: A Report on National Forums Concerning Problems Facing Higher Education
Dr. William Muse, National Issues Forum Institute
Session A1 – THECB Legislative Update
Session A2 – Transitioning from Fact Book to KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Catalog
Catherine Hooper, Lone Star College System
Chris Tkach, Lone Star College System
Kent McShan, Lone Star College System
Session A3 – Where’s the Training? Opportunities for Professional Development in IR
G. Marc Turner, Texas State University
Session A4 – We Have a New Verb on Campus… and You Can Get One, Too!
Robin Logan, University of Incarnate Word
Dru Duos, University of Incarnate Word
Session B4 – Spurring a Dialogue between Community Colleges and ISDs
George Gonzalez, San Jacinto College
Michelle Callaway, San Jacinto College
Maria Gallegos, San Jacinto College
Marco Lozano, San Jacinto College
Session B5 – Promoting Efficiency and Quality: Standardized Reports and Data Request Workflow
Janet Flores, Lone Star College System
Deseree Probasco, Lone Star College System
Kent McShan, Lone Star College System
Session B6 – The Role of IR in Randomized Controlled Trials: the New Mathways Project Evaluation
Funnel Analysis Template Persistence Data Template
John Diamond, MDRC
Jennifer Dorsey, MDRC
Session B7 – The Effects of Developmental Education Redesign on Students and the College
Karen Laljiani, Cedar Valley College
Marlon Mote, Cedar Valley College
Richard Plott, Dallas County Community College District
Session C1 – Utilization of Multivariate Time Series Method to Forecast Student Enrollment: A Solution to a Methodological Problem
Amanda Kay Moske, University of North Texas
Session C2 – Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Taxing: A Study of SCH Accrual and Student Outcomes
Carmen Allen, University of Houston
Becky Claytor, University of Houston
Maureen Croft, University of Houston
Session C3 – Texas Consumer Resource on Education and Workforce Statistics
Gabriela Borcoman, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Ruben Garcia, Texas Workforce Commission
Session C6 – Countdown to First Class Day:
Using SAS and Windows Task Scheduler to Automate a Dynamic Enrollment Report
George Gonzalez, San Jacinto College
Michelle Callaway, San Jacinto College
Maria Gallegos, San Jacinto College
Marco Lozano, San Jacinto College
Session D1 – Best Practices for Programming and Data Management
Faron Kincheloe, Baylor University
Session D2 – Preventing Information Indigestion: Reporting Data in Fun-size Pieces
Jimmy Roberts, Temple College
Session D3 – Texas State Reporting: Then and Now (Lessons Learned)
Robert Ricks, Lone Star College System
Melissa McLeod, Lone Star College System
Session D4 – Training Relatedness: A Measure of Success for TSTC and UT-System Graduates
Ruben Garcia, Texas Workforce Commission
Hiwot Berhane, Texas Workforce Commission
Session D5 – Of Community Colleges, by Community Colleges, and for Community Colleges: A New Completer Follow-Up Instrument Focused on Learning Outcomes
Thomas K. Martin, Collin County Community College
Session D6 – Performance Metrics: Developing a Dashboard with Tools You Already Have
Joseph Baumann, Blinn College
Session E1 – Student Success Outcomes: A Regression Analysis
Anna Garland, Lone Star College System
Chris Tkach, Lone Star College System
Latrice Rideout, Lone Star College System
Session E3 – Who’s Staying and Who’s Going? And More Importantly, What Do We Know About Each??
Michael Haynes, Tarleton State University
Jamie Wood, Tarleton State University
Jake Hoon, Tarleton State University
Morgan Carter, Tarleton State University
Session E4 – Building Accountability into the Strategic Plan
Tom Corll, Midland College
Session E5 – SAS: Your One-Stop Shop for Institutional Research
Tracy Stegmair, Texas Woman’s University
Greg Gengo, Texas Woman’s University
Session F1 – Using Student Tracker to Inform Enrollment Management Outcomes
Hengxia Zhao, The University of Texas System
David Troutman, The University of Texas System
Session F3 – Meeting the Challenge of Closing the Loop for Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment
Jinhao Wang, Lone Star College System
Session F4 – Development of a Qualitative Research Team:
Expanding the IR Function Through the Inclusion of Library Professionals
Paul Illich, McLennan Community College
Tom Proctor, McLennan Community College
Sharon Kenan, McLennan Community College
David Irvin, McLennan Community College
Session F6 – Getting to Know Cognos
Donna Artho, Sam Houston State University
Xiaohong Li, Sam Houston State University
Session G3 – Building a Comprehensive New Analyst Training Program
Deseree Probasco, Lone Star College System
Kent McShan, Lone Star College System
Jacqueline Goffney, Lone Star College System
Session G4 – Transfer Students: Can We Predict Their Success?
Rebecca Bowyer, Sam Houston State University
Alacia Voth, Sam Houston State University
Session G5 – TSR: A Blueprint for Migrating TSR from System A to System B
Robert Ricks, Lone Star College System
Melissa McLeod, Lone Star College System
Mary Sims, Lone Star College System
Session H2 – Utilizing CAS Self-Assessment Guidelines in Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness
Michael Haynes, Tarleton State University
Diane Taylor, Tarleton State University
Ashley Tull, Tarleton State University
Session H3 – The Relationship Between Date of Registration and Student Performance
Paul Illich, McLennan Community College
Laura Wichman, McLennan Community College
Session H4 – University Students’ Perceptions of Academic Cheating
Tianlan Wei, Texas Tech University
Lucy Barnard-Brak, Texas Tech University
Marcelo Schmidt, Texas Tech University
Session I1 – Building an IR Data Request Form
Jessica Guillory, Dallas County Community College District
Session I2 – The Information is Out There: Web Accessible Information about Community College Programs
Jimmy Roberts, Temple College
Session I4 – The Art of Data Analysis
G. Marc Turner, Texas State University
Workshop W2 – Newcomers to Institutional Research
Texas Workforce Commission –
Tools for Institutional Research
Ruben Garcia, Texas Workforce Commission
Workshop W10 – Show Them the Money: How to Use Wage Records to Inform Multiple Audiences
David Troutman, University of Texas System
Mehary Stafford, University of Texas System
Cathy Delgado, University of Texas System
Workshop W11 – The Role of IR in Randomized Controlled Trials: the New Mathways Project Evaluation
Handout – IPEDS Changes
Soon Merz, Austin Community College
Richard Batey, Texas State University
Danica Frampton, St. Edward’s University
Cindy Ullrich, Brazosport College