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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 begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. All too often, however, the question of how to capture these data and use them to positively affect the institution remains.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

EAB

"Analytics programs are most successful when various constituents – institutional research, information technology, functional leaders, and executives – work in partnership" (6). The concept of an integrated model is partially responsible for the increase in institutional effectiveness offices. Data analysts.

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

Standard disclaimer: I have been the data editor for Washington Monthly’s rankings since 2012. All thoughts here are solely my own. College rankings season officially concluded today with the release of the newest year of rankings from U.S. News and World Report. The reputation survey continues to struggle.

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Four Big Questions on Carnegie Classifications Changes

Robert Kelchen

This provides a rare opportunity for others to get into the game of trying to classify institutions into similar groups. The creation of a new research college designation and the unclear fate of master’s and baccalaureate institutions classifications are going to force rankings teams to respond.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. A current major effort is to build relationships with HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions) to create mutual pathways. That rose to 61.2% for students who entered in 2017.

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Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A working group at the NIH investigated the issue and released a report in 2012 recommending that all NIH-supported postdocs should have “benefits that are comparable to other employees at the institution,” including “paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, maternity leave, etc.

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