TITLE III ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTERS
(Distributed District-wide and available in the Title III Office)
Newsletter - June 2008
Newsletter - March 2008
Newsletter - December 2007
Newsletter - August 2007 Newsletter - June 2007 Newsletter - December 2006 Newsletter - September 2006 Newsletter - May/June 2006 Newsletter - February/March 2006 Newsletter - December 2005 EVENTS and SESSIONS sponsored by Title IIITITLE III-Sponsored Sessions, Fall 2007 Enrollment Report Training: Understanding the Daily Enrollment Report (Senior Staff, August 1) Turning Data Into Gold: Understanding the Alchemy of the Daily Enrollment Report (Convocation breakout session offered on August 24) Interpreting the Census Day Enrollment Report (September 26) Program Review Training: Program Review Training for Business Services Managers (August 21) Program Review Datasets Training (4 Convocation breakouts August 23 and 24) Business Services Program Review Support Session (September 14) Institutional Effectiveness Measuring Effectiveness in the Community College (Convocation breakout session offered August 24) Institutional Effectiveness and the Link to Accreditation (Datatel Consultant, August 31) Institutional Effectiveness Standards, Categories, and Models (AJ Division Presentation, September 18) Data Informed Decision-Making The Role of Leadership in Decision-Making (Title III Leadership Retreat, August 1) Community Colleges at the Crossroads: A Coordinated and Collaborative System of Inquiry and Improvement (Lisa Petrides Convocation keynote address, August 24) Linking Planning, Research, and Decision-Making (Lisa Petrides Convocation breakout, August 24) Historic Course Section Report Training: Division Chair/Area Coordinator Training in Support of Scheduling (September 17) Open Session to support Program Review and Scheduling (September 19) Other -- Brownbag Lunches: Focus on Institutional Effectiveness (September 14) Focus on IR Capacity and the Developing Data Warehouse (September 21) TITLE III-Sponsored Sessions, Spring 2007Data Sources at CR - Accessing and Using Data in Decision-Making Using Focus Groups for Data Gathering 2005-06 Title III-Sponsored Sessions: Reflecting on Data and Research at CR
Focus Group Sessions - Various dates in November, 2006
Small-group listening sessions for administrators, managers and faculty leaders to explore perceptions about data and decision-making as reflected in the annual Title III Survey. Facilitators Roger James and Mary Gelinas elicited thoughts on observed trends and actions necessary to achieve the Title III vision of a fully-integrated institutional research function at CR.
Institutional Research at CR - Past, Present and Future
Monday October 30, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
A moderated discussion about institutional research and the role IR plays in institutional effectiveness. Brief statements will be shared by members of the CR Institutional Research Advisory Committee followed by extensive time for questions and answers with members of the panel. CR Student Data Indicators - Informing Our Work
Thursday, August 24 2006 as part of Convocation
Title III Project Director Cathy Dickerson sets the stage for Liz Crickard, CR Director of Institutional Research to take you on a tour of publicly-accessible CR data. View recent data from the college including enrollment and student performance indicators. Explore trend lines and comparative data. Discuss implications for future research.
Understanding the CR Budget Session 3 - Title III and Discretionary Spending
Ron Cox and Casey Crabill
Friday, April 21, 2006 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at CTE
This presentation focuses on how Title III intends to "change the way we do business" and impact CR funding priorities and budget allocations. It concludes the Understanding the CR Budget series. Ask your questions and share your ideas about critical needs for Title III to support data-driven decision making and discretionary spending at CR. Understanding the CR Budget Session 2 - CR Spending Patterns: Where's the Money? (Part II)
Ron Cox and Casey Crabill
Friday, March 10 2006, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in LRC 103
This presentation builds on the previous discussion about college finances to provide an overview of CR spending patterns. Learn more about CR funding priorities, including sources of budget guidance, the budget development process, and key financial indicators. Clarify any questions you may have regarding where money goes and how much discretion CR has in directing funds. Participant inquiries about how Title III intends to impact funding priorities and budget allocations will serve as the basis for the subsequent presentation. Understanding the CR Budget Session 1 - CR Funding Sources: Where's the Money?
Ron Cox and Casey Crabill
Friday, February 24 2006, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Distance Ed Facilities
This presentation will provide an overview of current college finances. Learn more about how CR's budget is determined, including how CR's budget is organized and what current sources of income are. Clarify any questions you may have regarding CR's 2005-2006 adopted budget. Inquiries about the budget development process and how CR spends funds will serve as the basis for the subsequent presentation. Title III Grant and What It Means - Brown Bag Lunch Session
Danielle Petersen and Cathy Dickerson
Monday, October 24 2005, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in LRC 103
This session offers all college employees an opportunity to view and discuss the objectives and activities of the Department of Education funded 5-year Title III grant. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR TITLE III GRANT YEAR 2005-2006
- Grant funds expended: $272,561.00 of $335,025.00 allocation for year 1
- Carryover funds in the amount of $62,464.00 (attributed primarily to savings in personnel/benefits costs from IR personnel start dates months later than grant start date) to be used primarily to offset increases in salaries/benefits incurred between submission of the grant in 2003 and awarding of the grant in 2005
- Grant objectives met: 1 of 2 (56% of administrators and managers report that they use institutional data to plan and evaluate programs, strategies and activities -- goal set at 35%)
- Grant objectives continued to Year 2: 1 of 2 (15% of faculty report that they use institutional data to plan and evaluate programs, strategies and activities -- goal set at 30%)
- Process measures cited to indicate grant progress included: increase in institutional research capacity, improvement in information management capabilities, and presentations of student data indicators college-wide
College employees can access the full report in Outlook Public Folders.
TITLE III FUNDED FOR SECOND YEAR
College of the Redwoods received a communication from the US Department of Education in July 2006 notifying the college of funding awarded for Year 2 of the five-year Title III Grant funding period. Based on an interim progress report showing the progress made toward grant objectives, the second year funding amount of $349,456 will be available to CR for continuing the efforts of Title III into the 2006-07 year. Funds will be used to continue developing capacity of the CR Institutional Research Office, and developing processes to integrate the use of data across all aspects of the college including academic program planning, institutional management and fiscal planning at CR as well as general grant management.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM TITLE-III-SPONSORED SESSIONS
Institutional Research at CR - Past, Present and Future: Remarks by Panel Members
Brief statements as shared by members of the CR Institutional Research Advisory Committee:
"...data has to be shared – all stakeholders must have equal access to that data. The sharing is going to mean a paradigm shift in decision-making for CR." - Pam Kessler, IR Advisory Committee Chair commenting on the importance of Institutional Research in the current conditions at CR.
"Data and research is something that plays a supportive role in the decision-making process, but institutional effectiveness really involves a number of components, that of planning, leadership, communication, and transparent information." - Liz Crickard commenting on the role IR could play in institutional effectiveness assessment.
"IT has worked closely with IR department to get the data they need before they can do the present day-to-day research. We do daily extracts right now for their databases" - Jose Ramirez commenting on IR and IT collaboration to create a data warehouse.
"What seems clear to me is that we can’t begin to solve or to manage enrollment problems without having enrollment figures. We can’t begin to discuss the budget without having real numbers. We can’t address any of the accreditation recommendations without showing that our visions are actually evidence-based." - Pam Kessler, IR Advisory Committee Chair commenting on the importance of Institutional Research in the current conditions at CR.
IR STAFF WORKING TOWARD TITLE III OBJECTIVES
The Institutional Research Department is now fully staffed with the addition of the new IR Director, Dr. Martha Davis. Martha comes to the college from her position of Director of Research and Institutional Effectiveness at Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort, NC. Martha holds a B.S. in Mathematics, a Master of Arts in Community and Occupational Development, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology  Michele Vagle is providing clerical and accounting support to the IR Office.  Steve Grimes continues his work to develop IR Capacity to support the work of the college.
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