Title III -- Strengthening Institutions Program
June 2006 Progress Report

Accomplishment

Action Required to Meet Objective

Personnel

Outcome

Relocation of IR Office to new, larger, centralized location on Eureka campus

College support for reorganizing offices to accommodate additional staff and office functions

Liz Crickard, Casey Crabill,  Cathy Dickerson, Maintenance and TSS staff

IR Office with space for staff expansion easily accessible to all college employees

IR Director attends conferences and trainings

Registrations and travel arrangements made for IR Director to attend national Association of Institutional Researchers Conference and state MIS data trainings

Liz Crickard, IR support staff

IR Director returns with current information and colleague contacts to facilitate IR efforts at CR

Explorations of technologies to facilitate access to student educational plans

Attendance of Webinars (June 14 Datatel session) and meetings with Counseling/Advising staff to discuss needs for technology-based tools for student education planning

Cathy Dickerson, Melissa Green, Other Counseling and Advising staff

Plusses and minuses of current tech-based tools for student education planning identified.

Resources for data indicators included in outcomes effort planning

Title III and IR directors participate in planning process for college-wide outcomes effort

Cathy Dickerson, Liz Crickard

IR office to offer consultative role to college outcomes project

Steve Grimes begins as Research Assistant to work under the direction of IR Director

College commits district funds to hire full-time Research Assistant to fill part-time position vacant since January.  Search committee identifies candidate, candidate accepts and recommendation approved by Board

Liz Crickard, Amy Daily, Board of Trustees, 

Research Assistant in place – district funded and focused efforts will transition to Title III objectives in October