Title III -- Strengthening Institutions Program
December 2005 Progress Report

Objective	Action Required to Meet Objective	Personnel	Outcome
Final interviews for Director of Institutional Research; Candidate receptions	Interviews scheduled through Human Resources Department; College community invited to meet candidates	Amy Daily, Danielle Petersen, Cathy Dickerson	Final interviews scheduled for December 8-15, 2005; candidates met
Director of Institutional Research hired	Offer and acceptance by candidate Liz Crickard	Abe Ali, Danielle Petersen	IR Director scheduled to start February 6, 2006
IR Department equipped	Support staff for IR Department has computers, phones and resources	Dana Wymer, Danielle Petersen, Tech Support staff	IR Department open December 19, 2005
Updated budgets shared at Title III Leadership Team meeting	Title III administrative budget and activity budget updated to reflect salary and benefit increases in positions due to job description updates and 1 year funding delay	Cathy Dickerson, Amy Daily	Budget revisions completed
Title III Data Perceptions Survey conducted	Gather baseline data on access to, use of, confidence in, and training to use data for decision-making	Danielle Petersen, Dana Wymer	Survey conducted and data compiled (163 responses)
IR Advisory Committee Membership appointments completed	Representatives appointed by appointing authorities to serve on IR Advisory Committee	Danielle Petersen, Casey Crabill, Marla Gleave, CSEA Leadership	IR Advisory Committee formed