Presented by Larry Westermeyer (University of Missouri - St. Louis) & Joe Dehart (Des Moines Area Community College)

This popular workshop is designed for newcomers to IR - or anyone desiring a refresher! Each Institutional Research office is a unique entity shaped by an extensive assortment of internal and external forces. If you are new to IR and wondering what you've gotten yourself into, this PDO may provide some insight.

Presented by two experienced IR practitioners, this half-day workshop will touch on a wide variety of IR-related issues. Our focus is on breadth rather than depth. After introductions and listening to what you would like to take away from the day, topics planned include: some definitions of Institutional Research, IR models, identifying common functions of IR offices and how they meet institutional needs, project management, ethics, common definitions, reports and surveys, national data sets, technical skills, and business intelligence and statistics commonly used in IR.

Presented by Jessica Ritter (University of Missouri - Columbia)

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Explore how Office 365 can be used to create an agile system to manage work and requests, enabling teams to efficiently prioritize, delegate, and track projects and tasks. Using Power Apps & Power Automate, citizen developers can design custom tools that capture projects, files, and contacts in intuitive and user-friendly ways. Integration with 365 apps already in use, like Teams and Outlook, streamlines adoption and upkeep, while Power BI provides leaders with high-level overviews and insights.

Presented by Dr. Mike Mcbride & Dr. Egon Heidendal (Northwest Missouri State University)

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This session will recap what was presented at the June virtual session. We will provide a historical review of the Program Learning Outcome (PLO) development process at Northwest Missouri State University. This presentation will cover the major steps in the creation of the most current learning outcome development system, along with successes and lessons learned.  We will also show dashboard development that has occurred since the virtual June session. 

Presented by John Clayton, Connor Nyberg, & Alex Wells (Johnson County Community College)

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JCCC embarked on a four-year journey of using predictive analytics to improve student success. The most recent model focuses on identify course combinations where high failure rates are used to predict student success. The presentation will discuss the science behind identifying the course combinations, using the information to inform student advising and provide wrap-around services, and the future plans for leveraging this data. 

Presented by Bethany Lohden & Dana Reigel   (East Central College)

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It is important for colleges to convey the impact they have within the communities they serve.  The President of ECC was looking for a method to communicate the college’s impact to state and federal legislators in a simple and clear manner.  Learn how a collaboration between campus leadership and institutional research enabled ECC to provide a customized report for each legislator. We will share the tools utilized to create a simple, low-cost, and low-maintenance legislative impact statements. 

Presented by Dr. Mike Mcbride  (Northwest Missouri State University)

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Since 2010, Northwest Missouri State University has attempted to effectively assess the professional dispositions of students in its teacher preparation program.  In 2020, faculty and staff indicated that the current system lacked due process for students and communication between stakeholders.  From 2020-2022, a small committee met to develop a new process that now assesses all teacher candidates across all three "phases" of the program. 

Presented by Christine Hamilton, University of Saint Mary

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The University of Saint Mary recently started a program for its first-generation students based on student feedback and gaps in student performance. Come learn about the scaling up process, what the program involves, initial success indicators, and how the program is being assessed.

Presented by Matt Harris & Misty Tollett, Ozarks Technical Community College

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Helping students succeed is a goal of every institution…but, too often institutions’ plans/processes to promote student success become fragmented, difficult to maintain, and challenging to assess. Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) has implemented a student success redesign around four key “pillars” – holistic, proactive, data-informed, and…most of all…student-centered! In this session, we’ll provide an overview of OTC’s student success model, walk through a few reports used to assess different aspects of this model, and share how this redesign ties into OTC’s upcoming strategic plan – “Dream. Plan. Build.” 

Presented by Dr. Bin Ning (Kansas State University)

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Program review activities have become highly pervasive in higher education under different format, cycle and context. This presentation showcases two critical BI tools we developed at K-State by working with key stakeholders. The first tool is Department Profile that provides comprehensive and easy-access data to respond to state-level program review requirements and beyond. The second tool supports the Provost's recent call on an more innovative approach for program review and revitalization. 

Presented by Sandi Ryan and Kevin Love, Lightcast

Lightcast, formerly Emsi Burning Glass, is a global leader in labor market analytics. Lightcast’s mission in education is to provide data and analytics that help educators optimize program offerings, connect students to programs and careers, and communicate outcomes and impact.

Presented by Larry Westermeyer (University of Missouri - St. Louis), Joe Dehart (Des Moines Area Community College), & Randy Sade (UM System)

Come learn from those of us who have been in IR for decades! MidAIR is excited to host three experts in the field to talk about their experiences and lessons learned.

Presented by Jeremy Kintzel (Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development)

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Colleges and universities in Missouri, particularly public institutions, have faced mounting pressures and statutory mandates in recent years to publish more and better consumer information, including on costs, debt, and post-graduate employment. 

This presentation will share reports and resources the DHEWD has created to try to meet those obligations and provide better data for students and families, and solicit feedback on new resources, data elements and contextual information. 

Presented by Matt Logan & Jason Browning (EAB)

For many, the complexity of the student data landscape is overwhelming—but with an analytics roadmap that focuses on high-impact analyses using learning, financial, and campus engagement data, research & success leaders can accelerate their progress toward data-informed interventions. In this presentation EAB experts discuss new data sources to support success, and address the trends that are impacting IR/IE ad hoc reporting.

Presented by Egon Heidendal (Northwest Missouri State University) & Misty Tollett (Ozarks Technical Community College)

During this discussion group we will lead a conversation about strategic planning. We are excited to learn about everyone’s strategic planning efforts and how your office fits into process.

Presented by Dr. Ronald D. Thompson (University of Missouri System)

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While there are many analyses on sequential course trajectory, few researchers study courses to be taken together in one semester. The questions answered by this study are: given one or more courses a student already plans to take, what other courses are usually taken together, and what academic performance different course combinations may lead to. A market basket model and an enumeration algorithm were built and compared. Two versions of interactive tools for end users will be demonstrated.

Presented by Michelle Taylor (National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute)

The National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute lead the way in benchmarking student outcomes nearly 20 years ago and is now taking benchmarking to the next level. Learn about how benchmarking the input and process measures from across the institution can provide insights in moving the needle on improving student outcomes as well as input for other key decisions.  The Benchmarking Institute will show data from the NCCBP and the University Benchmarking Project illustrating these benchmarks. 

Presented by Dana Reigel (East Central College)

Please join to discuss the tracking and reporting of Non-Credit for IPEDS purposes.

Presented by Yuhao Liu (Kansas State University)

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While there are many analyses on sequential course trajectory, few researchers study courses to be taken together in one semester. The questions answered by this study are: given one or more courses a student already plans to take, what other courses are usually taken together, and what academic performance different course combinations may lead to. A market basket model and an enumeration algorithm were built and compared. Two versions of interactive tools for end users will be demonstrated.

Presented by Eric Chambers  (Southeast Missouri State University)

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This session explores the relationship between student attendance and success in introductory Math courses at Southeast Missouri State University. Using voluntary attendance data from the Math department, we attempt to find attendance thresholds or patterns that could indicate a student is at-risk of failing the course. Also discussed is the potential for operationalizing these findings. [Lecture] 

Presented by Dr. Tyler Tapps (Northwest Missouri State University)

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This presentation is a break down of the process utilized to implement strategic planning at Northwest. It will cover the timeline and department alignments. Also, it will address the roles of RACI: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed agents in this process.

Presented by Misty Tollett (Ozarks Technical Community College)

Research has shown the overwhelming majority entering first-year college students are highly motivated to earn their degree. However, along the way, many students face barriers to their success, which often translates to not completing their educational goal.

In an effort to better understand barriers students face, Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) developed an internal basic needs security survey to assess students food and housing insecurity, as well as homelessness. This session will cover how colleges and universities can create their own basic needs security survey, as well as recommendations for communicating survey findings to various stakeholders.