2012 AIR Forum Presentations

The Office of Institutional Research and the Office of Planning and Analysis presented at four sessions at the 2012 AIR Forum in New Orleans from June 2-6.

Deconstructing Delta: Explaining Educational Costs Through Analysis of the Instructional Portfolio

Examining Class in the Classroom: Utilizing Social Class Data in Institutional and Academic Research

Defining First-Generation Students by Degrees: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

A Holistic Assessment of a Campus-wide Initiative to Build Strengths: From Building a Conceptual Framework to Reporting Results

All of these presentations and other related resources are available to download from the Papers and Presentations page.

AIR Presentations and CAAP Survey

Two of The Office of Institutional Research's presentations made at the 2011 Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Toronto, Canada are now available for download on our Papers & Presentations page.

We have also added a new survey page for the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP).

2011 AIR Forum

Several UMN employees presented at the 51st Forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR). The Forum is the largest annual conference for institutional research professionals and this year it featured more than 350 concurrent sessions and 60 poster sessions, along with several workshops, professional meetings, and professional development opportunities.

Among the UMN staff in attendance, Len Goldfine and Peter Radcliffe presented "Apples to Apples: Using AAUDE Faculty-by-CIP Data to Account for Discipline Differences in Faculty Salaries" and Christina Frazier and Peter Radcliffe presented "Analyzing Your Financial Health: A Model for Applying Long-Range Planning Scenarios." Additionally, Cathy Wambach and Ronald Huesman presented "Assessing the Impact of a First-Year Learning Community for Less-Prepared and Well-Prepared Students at a Research University" while Krista Soria and Ronald Huesman presented "First-Generation Students' Academic and Social Engagement at Large, Public Research Universities."