article thumbnail

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role.

article thumbnail

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Programs include the university’s “earn and learn,” which provides funding for off-campus internships, undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, and cohort programs that serve particular student groups. CSUS has seen enrollment of full-time and part-time Latino students increase by 34% and 66%, respectively, from 2015 to 2023.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Don Hossler named to Edu Alliance Group Advisory Council

Edu Alliance Journal

Don Hossler, a Senior Scholar at the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice in the Rossier School of Education, at the University of Southern California. He is the founding executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. has been named to the Edu Alliance Group Advisory Council.

article thumbnail

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

There is that conjectural concern that as universities become more research-oriented, or move “up” in Carnegie classification, seeking R-2 (high research activity) or R-1 (very high research activity) status, they become less focused on students, more exclusive and less responsive to their communities’ needs.

article thumbnail

What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

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.