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Research and News from the Chabot College Office of Institutional Research Spring 2010 |
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Office of Institutional Research Providing the Chabot community with meaningful research for planning and assessment 2009-10 Accomplishments & Highlights
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ACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY |
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● Provided evidence of Institutional Effectiveness for Accreditation site visit October 2009 ● OIR received a commendation from the Visiting Team for doing “an excellent job of creating and promoting a culture of evidence to guide the strategic planning process.” and for being “highly responsive to faculty and staff requests for a variety of research and analysis related to program improvement.” |
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BASIC SKILLS/TITLE III PROJECTS |
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● Provided Basic Skills Committee Direction as Co-chair ○ Produced and presented update on Basic Skills data for college and FIGS, Feb 2010 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/StudentSuccess/BasicSkillsCommPrestn_2.8.10.pdf ○ Guided development of Chabot College Basic Skills strategic plan ● Monitored Title III objectives with success, persistence, and engagement data ○ Produced college-wide outcomes for 2008-09 and FIG outcomes for Fall 2009. ○ Developed and conducted student engagement survey for all FIGs: Fall 09 and Sp10 ○ Researched effects of Learning Connection: tutoring labs and Learning Assistants http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/StudentSuccess/Success_Tutor-NoTutor_F07-09.pdf ○ Analyzed results of the Fall 2009 Self-Efficacy Survey on Jumpstart students |
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STRATEGIC PLANNING |
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● Presented update of external and internal environmental scan to IPBC, April 2010 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/EnvironmentalScan/Environmental_Scan_Spring2010.pdf |
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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES |
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● Conducted pilot study of Global and Cultural Involvement, a college-wide learning goal http://www.chabotcollege.edu/LearningConnection/ctl/FIGs.asp ● Supported SLO development and assessment among faculty ● Provided training and technical support for eLumen and eLumen student workers ● Completed documentation of pilot study of Critical Thinking, a college-wide learning goal http://www.chabotcollege.edu/learningconnection/ctl/figs/criticalthinking/docs.asp |
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STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY |
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● Conducted Fall 2009 Student Satisfaction Survey, October/November 2009 ● Used results for College-wide Learning Outcomes and Learning Engagement studies ● Summarized results http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/satisfactionsurveys.asp |
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OTHER MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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● Supported Grant Development and evaluation research ○ Provided TRIO-related data (two TRIO grants) ○ Provided data for Song Brown and NIH Bridges Grant Proposals ○ Provided evaluation data for the 2009 Summer Youth Sports Program ● Provided Program Review/Enrollment Management data and analysis needs ○ Worked with Academic Services and the President’s Office to provide new program review cohort data online: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/ProgramReview/Data.asp ● Prerequisite and cut-score assessment validation ○ Conducted Prerequisite Validation Study for CSCI 14 ○ Conducted Math Assessment cut-score analysis for the proposed Math 103 (basic math ○ Conducted Macro and Micro Economics Prerequisite Validation Study ● Provided research and support to Nursing program ○ Monitored Nursing cohorts: prerequisites, outcomes through Spring 09 ○ Conducted survey of Fall 2009 Nursing cohort ○ Conducted Selection program for Fall 2010 Entry Class ● Monitored state accountability system data (ARCC) ○ Conducted Board Presentation of 2009 report, November 2009. http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/StudentSuccess/ARCC%202009_CLPCCD.pdf ○ Reviewed and validated 2010 data ○ Wrote Self Assessment of College Performance for 2010 report. ○ Completed MIS CB 21 Code and Related Codes Recoding Project. ○ Conducting Board Presentation of 2010 report, June 2010. ● Conducted other ongoing and adhoc research and programming projects ○ Completed 165+ ad-hoc research requests from programs, disciplines, staff, ASCC, and outside agencies ○ Checked, corrected, and explained IPEDS data for Spring 09, Fall 09, Winter 10, and Spring 10 Collections |
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RESEARCH DISSEMINATION |
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● Provided latest research results in useable formats to college/decision-makers ○ Provided hard copies of yearly reports and posted pages online ◊ Student Characteristics and Outcomes Report 08-09 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/success.asp ◊ Student Characteristics Fall 2008 http://www.chabotcollege.edu/IR/StudentCharacteristics/Student%20Chars%2008-09.pdf ○ Fall 2009: Published Research Update highlighting Basic Skills research http://www.chabotcollege.edu/basicskills/Documents/IR%20NEWS%20Fall09.pdf ○ April 2010: Began weekly IR Emails highlighting important research findings ○ Uploaded all new one-page info onto IR website ○ Created Data Dashboards in Hotsheet most months ○ Presentation on Chabot Student Characteristics Overview to Marketing Class ○ Presentations to Board of Trustees, Basic Skills Committee, and IPBC |
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OIR STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and SHARED GOVERNANCE |
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● OIR Staff/Professional Development Conferences, Presentations, and Committees ○ Attended Student Success Conference Oct 2009 (Coordinator and Research Analyst) ○ Attended the RP Group one day conference in Sacramento (Research Analyst) ○ Attended IPEDS training at the Hispanic Association of College and Universities (HACU) conference (Research Analyst) ○ Developed HSI Presentation for the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) conference (Research Analyst) ○ Served on the Research and Planning Group’s Website Advisory Panel (Research Analyst) ○ Attended Research and Planning (RP) Group Annual Conference (Coordinator) ○ Attended RP Group Regional Workshop (Research Analyst) ● OIR Staff/Shared Governance Involvement |
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OFFICE of INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH STAFF |
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Carolyn Arnold, Ph.D., Coordinator Rajinder Samra, M.S., Research Analyst David Rodriguez, Research Assistant Lawrence Fetter, BrioQuery Programmer |
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Coordinator Grants Subcommittee member IPBC member SLOAC member Title III Steering Committee member District Sabbatical Committee – CHAIR Basic Skills Committee – CO-CHAIR |
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Research Analyst IPBC member Classified Senate Representative Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Designation Committee member |