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Institutional Research

Mid-Semester Feedback Survey Report

November 6, 2020

An updated report on the Mid-Semester Feedback Survey that was administered to students at the end of September and beginning of October is now available at the IR pilots site for Internal Data and Dashboards. This updated version of the report includes analysis of the quantitative as well as the qualitative data offered by students with regard to their experiences so far this semester. Click on this link to access the report or visit the Internal Data and Dashboards pilots site.

Please contact Elise Moentmann in the provost’s office if you have any questions about the survey.

Filed Under: 11-09-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Institutional Research Tagged With: Elise Moentmann, Institutional Research

Virtual Assessment Institute: Free Professional Development Opportunity

September 25, 2020

The Assessment Institute is an annual conference hosted by Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and it brings together assessment experts from across the country. This year, according to Michael Johnson, institutional research, the Assessment Institute is being held virtually and the registration fee has been waived, so it is a terrific opportunity for anyone looking to develop their own assessment skills and learn best practices and methods for assessing specific program types. The Institute itself is scheduled for the end of October (10/25-10/28) with 1-hour presentations that run between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

To register for the Assessment Institute, click the link at this site.

Some of the thematic tracks that may be of interest include:

  • Assessment in Online Courses and Programs
  • Community Engagement
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
  • Global Learning
  • Graduate Education
  • High-Impact Practices
  • STEM Education
  • Student Affairs Programs and Services

A full program and schedule for the Assessment Institute can be found using this link.

Each of the sessions will be recorded and the recordings will all be available to anyone who registers, so if you can’t make it to a particular session or on a specific day, be sure to register to have access to the recording.

Registration closes on Monday, October 12. For more information contact Johnson at johnsomi@up.edu or 503.943.7930.

Filed Under: 09-28-2020, Academics, Institutional Research Tagged With: Institutional Research, Michael Johnson

NWCCU Accreditation Update

September 20, 2019

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) will be visiting the UP campus from October 7 to October 9 to follow up on the self-evaluation report that was submitted this past August as part of the regular reaccreditation process.

As part of their visit, there will be three forums so that students, faculty, and staff can elaborate on the ways in which UP is fulfilling its mission well and where it could improve over the next accreditation cycle. These forums will be held in the Brian Doyle Auditorium of Dundon-Berchtold Hall and are scheduled for the following times:

  • Student Forum: 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7
  • Staff Forum: 8:50 to 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8
  • Faculty Forum: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8

To see the report, prepare for the visit, and remind yourselves of some of UP’s many accomplishments over the past seven years, please visit the accreditation website.

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Johnson, institutional research, at johnsomi@up.edu. Thank you for your help with this important process!

Filed Under: 09-23-2019, Academics Tagged With: Institutional Research, Michael Johnson

Institutional Research Annual Report (2018-19)

September 6, 2019

The Institutional Research Office would like to share with the campus community an annual report highlighting projects from 2018-19. The report is available here.

Highlights include the latest on NWCCU Accreditation, Tableau Dashboards, Assessment, Data Governance, and External Reporting. The report ends with links to just some of the handy online resources you can access anytime. Of note, preparation is underway for the NWCCU evaluator site visit in October. The campus community will have access to electronic and hard copy versions of preparatory materials in September.

For more information contact Elizabeth Lee, institutional research director, at leeel@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-03-2019, 09-09-2019, Academics Tagged With: Elizabeth Lee, Institutional Research

New Data Snapshot From Institutional Research

May 18, 2018

The Office of Institutional Research has updated its Data Snapshots blog with a post about accreditation. Do you wonder how we measure the three core themes at the University of Portland? We use a variety of different methods and one of the tools for measuring “Faith and Formation” is the subject of this month’s Data Snapshot. Use this link to find out more.

Filed Under: 05-21-2018, Academics, Campus Services Tagged With: Institutional Research

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Coming to UP

February 16, 2018

The University of Portland continues to pursue ways to improve the educational experience for students by participating in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), according to Elizabeth Lee, institutional research. The NSSE helps us better understand how our students spend time in and out of the classroom compared to the national sample.  Insights from the survey will guide decisions that will benefit students.

The NSSE is considered one of the most useful ways to measure students’ engagement and satisfaction with their college experience. A total of 587 colleges and universities along with 323,801 students participated in 2015; over 1,600 colleges and universities and 5 million students have participated since 2000.

First-year and senior students will receive survey invitations via campus email and see survey links in Moodle starting on February 22 until March 27.  More information is available at http://www.nsse.iub.edu.

Please support University of Portland’s investment in participating in this study by encouraging students in your area to respond.  If you have any questions about this project or how the results will be used, please feel free to contact Lee at leeel@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-19-2018, Academics, Campus Services Tagged With: Elizabeth Lee, Institutional Research, National Survey of Student Engagement

New Data Snapshot from Institutional Research Office

January 26, 2018

The Office of Institutional Research has updated its Data Snapshots blog with a post on student retention rates. Are you curious about how many students stick with UP from their first year to their second year? How about from their first year to their third year? Or are you curious about what we mean by retention rate? Look for answers here to find out the answers to these questions and more when it comes to accessing UP data.

For more information contact Michael Johnson, institutional research, at johnsomi@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-29-2018, Academics, Campus Services Tagged With: Institutional Research, Michael Johnson

New Institutional Research Data Newsletter Available Now

November 24, 2017

The institutional research office’s first edition of the IR Data Snapshots Newsletter is online now at this link. In the inaugural issue, IR focuses on civic engagement by analyzing UP students’ voting rates versus the national average.
For more information contact Elizabeth Lee, institutional research director, at leeel@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-27-2017, Academics, Campus Services Tagged With: Elizabeth Lee, Institutional Research

New Director of Institutional Research: Elizabeth Lee

April 1, 2016

eLeeThe provost’s office has announced the hiring of Elizabeth Lee as the University’s new director of institutional research. She has an M.S. and Ph.D. in social psychology from Pennsylvania State University and has held research positions at University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Pennsylvania State, Lisbon University in Portugal, and Kantar Health in New York City. Lee was most recently associate director of analytics and research at Central Washington University. She is a member of the Association for Institutional Research and the Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research and Planning. Please welcome her as she assumes her new duties here on The Bluff.

For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Elizabeth A. James Endowed Scholarship Fund, Institutional Research, Provost's Office

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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