Celebrating Our 15th Year

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Celebrating Our 15th Year
April 17, 2009
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the NJAIR Mission

• The mission of NJAIR is to promote communication
  and cooperation among higher education
  researchers in New Jersey. The goals of NJAIR
  include
• promoting professional development (sharing
  information, information technology,   research
  methods, etc.),
• facilitating information/data sharing,
• identifying and analyzing the emerging issues in
  higher education,
• facilitating networking among colleagues.

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NJAIR Previous Conferences

• First Georgian Court College March 3, 1995
• Second Drew University March 28, 1996
• Third Middlesex County College April 18, 1997
• Fourth Ramapo College of NJ April 17, 1998
• Fifth Richard Stockton College of NJ April
  16, 1999
• Sixth Monmouth University April 14, 2000
• Seventh Raritan Valley Community College April
  27, 2001
• Eighth Kean University April 19, 2002
• Ninth Seton Hall University April 25, 2003
• Tenth Brookdale Community College April 16,
  2004
• Eleventh Thomas Edison State College April 22,
  2005
• Twelfth New Jersey City University April 21,
  2006
• Thirteenth Mercer County Community College
  April 27, 2007
• Fourteenth The College of Saint Elizabeth
  April 4, 2008

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First Georgian Court CollegeMarch 3, 1995
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Topics

• NJ SPRE
• NEAIR
• Future Plans for NJAIR
• Student-Right-To-Know

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Second Drew UniversityMarch 28, 1996
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Topics

• Higher Education Restructuring Act and Its
  Impact A Year Later
• NEAIR Update
• NJAIR Future Plans

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Third - Middlesex County College April 18, 1997
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Topics

• Graduate Rate Survey
• Using NLCH SURE for Transfer Tracking

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Fourth Ramapo College of NJApril 17, 1998
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Topics

• Distance Learning Implications for IR
• On-Line Data for Planning and Research
• OMR Software for Survey Analysis and Data
  Warehousing
• Research with State Level Data

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Fifth Richard Stockton College of NJ April 16,
1999
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Topics

• Developing an IR Webpage
• The IR Website as a Design Making Tool
• IPEDS Changes in Reporting/Implications to IR
• Geographic Information Systems

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Sixth- Monmouth University April 14, 2000
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Topics

• Institutional Research as Leaders in Policy
• The RAIRE LEAD Projects Two Examples of
  Assessment
• NJAIR Software Survey Developing a Scannable
  Survey Using Tools
• Planning and Implementing Online, Web-based
  Surveying for IR A Pragmatic Approach
• College Ranking College Costs

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Seventh Raritan Valley Community College
April 27, 2001
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Topics

• Assessing Good Practices in Undergraduate
  Education The National Survey of Student
  Engagement
• Characteristics of Excellence Revisions to the
  Standards for Accreditation
• Data Warehousing for Institutional Research and
  Planning
• Whats going on within the Sectors? A Panel
  Discussion of Emerging Trends and Issues

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Eighth Kean University April 19, 2002
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Topics

• Middle State Updates
• A Cycle of Student Surveys for Informed Decision
  Making
• Software for Making Scannable Forms and Web
  surveys
• Paper Keyboard
• Scan Tools and other Tools
• Remark

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Eighth 2002 Kean University
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Eighth 2002 Kean University
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Eighth 2002 Kean University
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Eighth 2002 Kean University
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8TH Annual Business meeting by Sector
Eighth 2002 Kean University
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Ninth Seton Hall UniversityApril 25, 2003
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Practical Approaches to Outcomes
AssessmentTopics

• Assessment Model Institutional Collaboration
• The Portfolio An Assessment Tool for Student
  Learning and Development in College of Education
• CHE Essential Updates
• Transforming the College Relational Database into
  A Data Warehouse for Assessment What needs to be
  done and why?
• Panel Discussion Cultivating a Culture of
  Assessment

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Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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9TH Annual Business meeting by Sector
Ninth 2003 Seton Hall University
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Tenth Brookdale Community CollegeApril 16, 2004
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Topics

• The Impact of New Jerseys Long Range Plan for
  Higher Education A Blueprint for Excellence.
• Presidential Presentation
• New Middle States Characteristics of excellence
  and subsequent process of review from the
  viewpoint of the visiting team.

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Tenth 2004 Brookdale Community College
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Tenth 2004 Brookdale Community College
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Tenth 2004 Brookdale Community College
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Tenth 2004 Brookdale Community College
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Eleventh Thomas Edison State College April
22, 2005
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Topics

• Framing the Questions IRs Responsibility
• Framing the Questions IRs Responsibility
• CHE Essential Updates
• Panel Discussion Developing Informed
  Decision-Making

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Eleventh 2005 Thomas Edison State College
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Eleventh 2005 Thomas Edison State College
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Eleventh 2005 Thomas Edison State College
11TH Annual Business meeting by Sector
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Twelfth New Jersey City UniversityApril 21,
2006
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Topics

• Student Swirl What It Is and Why it Matters
• Recruiting, Retaining, Advising, and Tracking All
  of Todays Students
• NJ Commission On Higher Education Update
• Thinking Creatively About Using Existing Data To
  Meet The New Standards for Middle States

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Thirteenth Mercer County Community College
April 27, 2007
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Topics

• The Nuts and Bolts of Penn State Pulse
• Monitoring Efficient and Timely Customer Service
  Using Performance Standard Reports
• Leading the Internationalization of Higher
  Education Institutions Developing and
  Implementing Internationalization Plans
• The Accountability Continuum Where will it end?

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Fourteenth The College of Saint Elizabeth April
4, 2008
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Topics

• The Challenge of Planning
• Balancing Vision Research
• Review and Outlook for the New Jersey Economy
• Demand and Supply Analysis for Degree Programs
  Connecting the Dots
• Update on NJ Higher Education Issues
• Current Status of Institutional Research and the
  State
• New Horizons in University Planning

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The College of New Jersey
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Topics

• Assessing Institutional Effectiveness The Role
  of Institutional Researchers
• Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness to NJ
  Audiences What Is Being Done What More Is
  Needed?
• Leveraging Comparative Analysis for Institutional
  Decision Making
• Commission on Higher Education Updates and
  Announcements
• Exploring Middle States Standard 7 Institutional
  Effectiveness

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On behalf of the 2009 Steering
CommitteeThank you!