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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role. She directed the association’s research, policy, and publications portfolio that provide critical insight and support to the nearly 15,000 student affairs professionals who comprise NASPA’s membership.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

TWU has created a centralized Office of Institutional Research and Data Management, which increases the ability to quickly and accurately make data-informed decisions. CSUS has seen enrollment of full-time and part-time Latino students increase by 34% and 66%, respectively, from 2015 to 2023.

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Don Hossler named to Edu Alliance Group Advisory Council

Edu Alliance Journal

He has lived in Russia and has conducted research in postsecondary education there. Hossler has received career achievement awards from the American College Personnel Association, the Association for Institutional Research, the College Board, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

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Pursuit of R-2 status can expand opportunity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Towson, like many institutions, identifies a set of institutional peers. Given our recent stated goal, all 20 TU peers are R-2 public institutions, though many only recently became R-2s: of those 20, only seven were classified as R-2 in 2015, a figure that rose to 12 in the 2018 classification and to 20 in the 2021 classification.

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Guide To Assessment

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

Tip : Most colleges/universities have an Office of Institutional Research (see Section 4). They are invaluable in providing institution-wide data. This office is commonly used to conduct institutional-wide surveys such as the NSSE, SSI, Campus Climate Surveys, etc. Where will the data be collected?

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Statistical Standards vs. Student Support: The 'Good Data' Dilemma

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

While quantitative data typically receives greater acclaim in research and assessment, collecting qualitative, or mixed-methods data is often key towards understanding our smaller populations of interest (Hernández, 2015). What Is “Good” Research? New Directions for Institutional Research, 2014 (163), 93-101.