Step into the Spotlight: A New Approach to Qualitative Data Collection

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Step into the Spotlight A New Approach to
Qualitative Data Collection

• Valarie (Chair), Rimi, Kia, Janet
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Academic Advising Council
• Student Group Commission

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UNLV

• 4-year Public Institution
• Urban Commuter Campus
• 28,000 Students
• Retention/Graduation Rates
• Strip in Backyard

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UNLV Academic Advising

• 11 Colleges across campus
• Executive Director Advising
• Provost Office
• Academic Advising Council
• Commissions (working groups)
• Examples
• Assessment
• Technology
• Student Group
• Mission

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Assessments

• Reasons to do assessment
• UNLV Assessments
• Graduation exit survey
• Assessment Commission
• Quantitative Survey
• Advising center surveys

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Student Group Commission

• The Importance of Qualitative Research
• Manning, K. (1992). A Rationale for Using
  Qualitative Research in Student Affairs. Journal
  of College Student Development, 33, 132-136.

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Student Group Commission

• Qualitative Research
• Focus Groups
• SAAB
• Confessionals

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CLIP
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First Step Planning

• What
• Collecting qualitative data from students
• Where
• Location Student Union
• When
• Timing First month of semester, Student
  Involvement Fair
• How
• IRB Training
• Advertising
• Marketing

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Second Step Process

• IRB Proposal
• Informed Consent
• Equipment
• Video Camera
• Reserving Rooms

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Third Step Production

• Shirts
• Marketing materials
• Burritos
• TV Screens
• Confessional Taping
• Sign informed consent
• Information can be shared

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Fourth Step Analysis

• Review Videos
• Approximately one month
• Transcribing
• Coding data
• Themes

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Fifth Step Results

• Sample Size 114
• Topics of Discussion
• Type of Appointment 26.3
• Class Selection 54.4
• Career Planning 9.6
• Advisor-Student Relationship 37.7
• Astins Theory of Involvement

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The Next Step

• Assessment for Campus
• Who We Shared it With
• Executive Director
• Directors of Each Advising Center
• Advising Council
• Review Journal
• Campus Buzz
• Collaboration

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Conclusion

• Timeline June - January (8 months)
• Advising
• Pros/Cons
• Advising Syllabus
• You can do this too!
• Budget, use campus resources
• Compliment the Quantitative Survey
• Work with the Assessment Commission
• Themes already established

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References

• Astin, A.W. (1977). What matters in college Four
  critical years. San Francisco Jossey-Bass.
• Astin, A.W. (1993). What matters in collegeFour
  critical years revisited. San Francisco
  Jossey-Bass.
• Manning, K. (1992). A Rationale for Using
  Qualitative Research in Student Affairs. Journal
  of College Student Development, 33, 132-136.
• Tinto,V. (1987) Leaving College
  (Chicago,University of Chicago Press).

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Questions