Kenneth P. Gonzalez, Ph.D. ATD Data Coach [e-mail] Paul Brown, Ph.D. President, Zane State College [e-mail] Mary Millikin, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Planning and Research [e-mail] February 18,

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Kenneth P. Gonzalez, Ph.D.ATD Data
Coachkennethg_at_sandiego.eduPaul Brown,
Ph.D.President, Zane State Collegepbrown_at_zanesta
te.eduMary Millikin, Ph.D.Director of
Institutional Planning and Researchmmillikin_at_tuls
acc.eduFebruary 18, 2008Achieving the Dream
Strategy Institute, San Francisco, CA.
The Changing Role of Institutional
Research in Community Colleges
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Purpose of SessionTo identify the changing
roles of institutional research departments and
the challenges and opportunities associated with
such changes.
The Changing Role of Institutional
Research in Community Colleges
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Questions to Facilitate this SessionChanging
Relationship with FacultyIn what ways has
Achieving the Dream changed the way your IR
office works with Faculty? In what ways, would
you like your relationship with faculty to be
different? How can Achieving the Dream be used
as a tool to facilitate such change?
The Changing Role of Institutional
Research in Community Colleges
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Questions to Facilitate this SessionChanging
Relationship with AdministrationIn what ways
has Achieving the Dream changed the way your IR
office works with the college administration? In
what ways, would you like your relationship with
the college administration to be different? How
can Achieving the Dream be used as a tool to
facilitate such change?
The Changing Role of Institutional
Research in Community Colleges
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Questions to Facilitate this SessionInternal
ChangesWhat have been the primary changes your
IR department has experiencedas a result of
being an Achieving the Dream college?
Improvements?Frustrations? How can the Achieving
the Dream national initiative further enhancethe
role of Institutional Research Departments?
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Research in Community Colleges
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Questions to Facilitate this SessionConcrete
Questions for IR DirectorsHow have you
incorporated AtD into your IR master
calendar?How do you communicate with the
college the quantitative results of AtD-related
analyses and how do you work to keep AtD results
untangled from other reports/cohorts?  For
which aspects of the Assessment Component should
IR take responsibility?
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Research in Community Colleges
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the acceptance of our present condition is the
only form of extremism, which discredits us
before our children. -- Lorraine
Hansberry, playwright