Enhancing Accountability and Effectiveness in Higher Education Reporting
This document outlines the key components and responsibilities of institutional research offices in reporting data to external agencies, focusing on areas like institutional characteristics, student demographics, faculty and staff statistics, and financial aspects. It highlights the importance of accountability measures, retention and graduation rates, and student outcomes. Furthermore, it discusses the growing complexity of data requirements from agencies such as IPEDS, NCAA, and others, emphasizing the increased focus on transparency and accountability in higher education as driven by legislation like the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.
Enhancing Accountability and Effectiveness in Higher Education Reporting
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IER as Clearing House • Coordinate reporting to external agencies • Institutional Characteristics • Enrollments and Student Characteristics • Faculty/Staff/Finances/Libraries/Facilities/IT • Retention/Graduation/Program Completion • Student Outcomes • College Costs/Net Price/Student Financial Aid • Purpose • External and Summative • Accountability and Performance Measures • Common Measures of Institutional Effectiveness • Examples • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) • Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) • National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU U-CAN) • U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, College Board, ACT, Barron’s • Note: The number (and content areas) of external surveys that the Office of Institutional Research is responding to has been growing and is expected to grow rapidly for the following reasons: • National focus on accountability in higher education • New disclosures and reporting requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 • Explosive growth of college rankings (guide books) around the globe • Explosive growth of consumer websites • Increasingly complex data collection programs of agencies such as IPEDS/NCAA/USNWR/THECB/ICUT ir05/30/2013