FAEIS in Action Accessing data from the Food and Agricultural Education Information System Thursday, March 31, 2005 New Orleans, LA Bill Richardson Ella Smith

FAEIS In Action During this session you will: – Identify key elements for analysis – Review how to use the FAEIS data – Review report builder movie – See the report builder in action – Request information from the database – View output in various fashions

SURVEY TYPES Student – Enrollment – Degrees awarded – Placement of graduates Faculty

Uses of FAEIS Data Assessments Outcomes Peer Analysis Benchmarking Addressing Priority Areas

USDA/CSREES Priorities Agricultural and Environmental Quality Agricultural Security Genomics and Food and Fiber Production Obesity, Human Nutrition, and Food Science Food Safety Rural and Community Development

Uses of FAEIS Data (con’t) Identify institutions with similar programs – Curriculum development – Student recruitment – Partnerships Identify new programs – Interested in developing a new major who else has that major? – How many students are there? Measure trends – How has the program developed over time – Number of enrollment/graduates – Ethnicity and Gender breakouts

Uses of FAEIS Data (con’t) Measure Productivity (outcomes/assessment) – Since revising the curriculum what are the impacts in student enrollment? – Benchmarking – Peer Review Research Priorities

Other Data Sources Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) – student graduation data College & University Personnel Association (CUPA- HR) – Faculty data by discipline Oklahoma State University – Faculty data by discipline (most 1862 land grant institutions participate) National Science Foundation – Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) Institutional Research Office on campus

Methods of Accessing Data Designed reports for data – REEIS ( – Reports Tab) and 2003 summary reports on FAEIS Web site ( Custom Report Builder for data 2002-current

REPORT BUILDER Primary tool for accessing and summarizing FAEIS data Multiple dimensional report generator with filters on all survey elements Report Builder Movie

Questions? What would you like to see? What program areas are of interest?

FAEIS Contacts General Information – Ella Smith USDA/CSREES/SERD ( ) REEIS FAEIS data – Bill Bristow ( ) (Reports Tab) 2002-present FAEIS data – Tom McAnge ( )