Weaving Assessment and Accountability into the Institutional Fabric What if Everyone Actually Bought In? Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D. Associate Vice President University Planning, Institutional Research, and Accountability (IU) Associate Professor of Psychology (IUPUI) Past President (AIR) Devoted Fan (M.O.U.S.E.) Former Spy (U.N.C.L.E) 2006 Arizona AIR Conference – March 31 – Phoenix
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Weaving Assessment and Accountability into the Institutional Fabric
Weaving Assessment and Accountability into the Institutional Fabric. Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D. Associate Vice President University Planning, Institutional Research, and Accountability (IU) Associate Professor of Psychology (IUPUI) Past President (AIR) Devoted Fan (M.O.U.S.E.) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Weaving Assessment and Accountability into the
Institutional FabricWhat if Everyone Actually Bought In?
Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D.Associate Vice President
University Planning, Institutional Research, and Accountability (IU)Associate Professor of Psychology (IUPUI)
Past President (AIR)Devoted Fan (M.O.U.S.E.)Former Spy (U.N.C.L.E)
2006 Arizona AIR Conference – March 31 – Phoenix
2006 Arizona AIR Conference – March 31 – Phoenix
OverviewWhat the H-E- is he talking
about? Is there some kind of a problem?Bought into what?
What is it we do again and why?What might we be doing and
…research conducted within an institution of higher education to provide information which supports institutional planning, policy formation and decision making.Saupe, 1990 – The functions of IR
Who Uses It? Senior administrators Administrative directors Administrative staff Campus committees Deans and department chairs Faculty senates/councils Faculty Students and student groups State, federal and commercial agency staff
Enrollment management Resource allocation Management Program improvement Process improvement Planning and budgeting Accountability Climate assessment Student learning outcomes
assessment Environmental scanning
Economic impact Faculty salary equity Space utililization Grant development Marketing Knowledge management Compliance reporting Data administration and
warehousing Student engagement Alumni engagement and
I realize that I will not succeed in answering all of your questions. Indeed, I will not answer any of them completely. The answers I provide will only serve to raise a whole new set of questions that lead to more problems, some of which you weren’t aware of in the first place. When my work is complete, you will be as confused as ever, but hopefully, you will be confused on a higher level and about more important things
The primary function of institutional research is to facilitate organizational learning for the continuous improvement of higher education institutions and systems.
Learning is the detection and correction of error (unintended consequences)
“Governing Variables” are those things what we feel are important to keep within acceptable limits
“Action Strategy” is what we do or plan to do to keep the governing variables within limits
“Consequences” are the intended and unintended outputs and outcomes Intended: confirm our theory in use Unintended: suggests error in our theory in use