The Changing Role of Institutional Research in Community Colleges Kenneth P. Gonzalez, Ph.D. ATD Data Coach kennethg@sandiego.edu Paul Brown, Ph.D. President, Zane State College pbrown@zanestate.edu Mary Millikin, Ph.D. Director of Institutional Planning and Research mmillikin@tulsacc.edu February 18, 2008 Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute, San Francisco, CA.

The Changing Role of Institutional Research in Community Colleges Purpose of Session: To 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 Questions to Facilitate this Session: Changing Relationship with Faculty: In 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 Questions to Facilitate this Session: Changing Relationship with Administration: In 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 Questions to Facilitate this Session: Internal Changes: What have been the primary changes your IR department has experienced as a result of being an Achieving the Dream college? Improvements? Frustrations? How can the Achieving the Dream national initiative further enhance the role of Institutional Research Departments?

The Changing Role of Institutional Research in Community Colleges Questions to Facilitate this Session: Concrete Questions for IR Directors: How 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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