Title III -- Strengthening Institutions Program
January 2006 Progress Report

Objective	Action Required to Meet Objective	Personnel	Outcome
IR Advisory Committee meets	Committee holds first meeting January 27; meetings set for every two weeks.	Danielle Petersen Advisory Committee members	Multi-constituent, district-wide group in place to advise institutional research function at CR
Title III Updates scheduled	Meeting updates scheduled through President’s office for Combined Cabinet, Administrative Team, College Council, Board of Trustees, and Academic Senate meetings	Danielle Petersen, Sue Alton	Regular reporting schedule developed for Title III activities
Title III Data Perceptions Survey results shared	Baseline data compiled and reports shared with Title III Leadership Team, Administrative Team, and IR Advisory Committee; February presentations scheduled with Academic Senate and other groups	Danielle Petersen, Dana Wymer; Cathy Dickerson	Stakeholder groups are informed on employee perceptions of access to, use of, confidence in, and training to use data for decision-making
Title III resource library started	Purchased resources on managing change & transition in higher education	Danielle Petersen	College community can start to access resources
Begin developing data needs lists with student programs	Discussion with Student Services staff	Danielle Petersen	Student services programs data needs collected
Design informational sessions for college focused on decision-making at CR	Analyze survey results, research options for presentations, determine best training topics and timelines, secure trainers	Danielle Petersen, IR Advisory Committee	Presentation topics and dates are scheduled
Develop evaluation procedures for Title III activities	Meet with External Evaluators to discuss evaluation procedures; research evaluation formats formalize evaluation plan	Cathy Dickerson, External Evaluators, Subcommittee of Leadership Team	Procedures for evaluating Title III progress established; forms prepared
Title III progress report format developed	Monthly report formats explored, format developed from other Title III institutions, activities entered into format	Cathy Dickerson	Monthly progress reports prepared and available to college
Communicate with Department of Education	Prepare and send budget update information to Title III Program Officer at US Department of Education	Cathy Dickerson, Casey Crabill	Dept. of Ed Title III Office is informed of adjustments in CR’s Title III budget and timeline