A Food for Thought Webinar

Intuitively, we know a lot has changed in higher education over the past ten years, both with our students and our practices, in particular with campus housing. And, we can think of many stories that reflect these changes. But, which of these stories show up in our data, and what in the data surprise us? Using data from the last ten years of the ACUHO-I/Benchworks Resident Assessment, we’ll explore ten key trends from the last ten years in housing.

A Food for Thought Webinar

Nursing programs purpose themselves to be accountable to communities of interest—to include the nursing profession, consumers, employers, peer institutions of higher education, students and their families. CCNE accreditation validates the success a nursing program achieved related to mission, goals and outcomes. As nursing faculty and administrators, we have to be able to nimbly understand and communicate our program outcomes based on data we collected and analyzed—we need agility to draw conclusions as to what our communities of interest value and what makes our program unique and effective in fulfilling our mission. Join this webinar to learn how to use internal and external data sources to provide evidence of programmatic assessment plan effectiveness. The speaker will address ways to effectively “tell your success stories” to CCNE site visitors and communities of interest through use of multiple data sources. The audience will be given examples of how relevant data sharing, sculpted to fit specific communities of interest, can optimize and leverage program outcomes.

A Food for Thought Webinar

One of the biggest challenges with assessment data is making sense of it and acting on it. How do we know when results are outstanding or concerning? What if the results are below average? What should our target performance be? Benchmarking can help provide answers to these questions and more! In this webinar, we’ll explore what benchmarking is, why campuses would use benchmarking, and different types of benchmarking.

A Food for Thought Webinar

Our efforts to support first-year transition spread numerous topics, functional areas, and interventions. And, the amount of information and research about first-year college students that drives our efforts can be overwhelming. With so much information to use, how do higher education professional know what is the most important? In short, what are the key things to know about first-year college students? In this webinar, we’ll use Skyfactor data to explore five key facts about first-year students and how this information can be used to better support their transition to and success in college.

A Food for Thought Webinar

Almost everyone has that task that just has to be done, even if the process can be slow or painful. For some professionals in higher education, that task is assessment. Planning for and conducting quality assessment—and using that assessment to drive positive change on campus—can be a daunting process. This concern is only amplified for staff that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with assessment. In this webinar, we’ll use conceptual ideas and concrete examples to help shift the conversation around assessment to a positive one and outline strategies to get staff across campus interested in and using assessment in a variety of ways.

A Food for Thought Webinar

Surveys are one of the most commonly used assessment tools on college campuses. When designed and used properly, surveys can allow us to collect, analyze, and use data on a variety of topics to improve our efforts on campus. But, surveys also present a challenge, as a quality survey is much more than just asking a few questions. While most of us may not need to be expert survey designers ourselves, we should at least be smart consumers of survey data. In this webinar, we’ll use examples from Skyfactor assessments to highlight the science behind designing a quality survey, as well as provide tips for both improving your survey questions and calling shenanigans on poor surveys.

A Food for Thought Webinar

Colleges and universities are increasingly focusing their efforts to better support military-connected students. However, with varying definitions, a lack of resources, and insufficient or disconnected data, knowing how to support this unique population can be a significant challenge. What can we do to learn more about—and tailor our efforts to—military-connected students? In this webinar, we’ll explore a recent study using Mapworks data to dive deeper into the college experience of military-connected students.

A Food for Thought Webinar

From early alert programs to degree paths, many of our current student success projects have a narrow focus. And, given that narrow solutions can allow for quick action, it’s only natural that these would be popular and useful choices. But, what happens if we want to take a broader perspective to our student success initiatives? Fundamentally, any holistic approach to student success must address both academic and non-academic issues, consider multiple interventions, and be inclusive of a wide range of constituencies. So, where do you start? In this webinar, we’ll frame multiple perspectives for thinking through building a comprehensive and holistic approach to student success applicable to any campus.
Presented by Dr. Sherry Woosley, Skyfactor’s Director of Analytics & Research

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