Hope College Institutional Research Activities
2008-2009
1. Studies by Hope College Office
• Admissions
Admit Yield Model continuation with application to yield prediction
Yield by Expected Family Contribution and Aid Offered
Application Yield by type of first contact
• Alumni
Alumni Involvement Rating Continuation
• Finance
Benchmarking for Board of Trustees
Student-Faculty Ratio study
• Financial Aid
Study of First Generation Students
• Provost
Salary equity continuation
HERI Faculty Survey analysis
Department Dashboard development
2. Surveys coordinated and submitted (21)
• ACT (2/19/09)
• College Board (12/22/08, 4/15/09)
• Common Data Set (12/15/08)
• Fiske Guide (4/30/09)
• HEDS Voluntary Support (10/24/08)
• HEDS Faculty Demographics (11/7/08)
• HEDS Freshman Financial Aid (11/26/08)
• HEDS Faculty Starting Salaries (12/4/08)
• HEDS AAUP Compensation (12/8/08)
• HEDS Strategic Indicators (12/12/08)
• HEDS FTE Report (3/13/09)
• HEDS Deposits (5/20/09)
• Independent Colleges Office Faculty Information (6/11/09)
• Peterson’s Guide Main Survey (1/21/09)
• Peterson’s Guide Financial Aid Survey (4/9/09)
• Peterson’s Guide Interim Expenses Survey (7/29/08)
• Princeton Review (2/15/09)
• US News & World Report (4/13/09)
• U-CAN (10/28/08)
• Van Andel Institute College Juniors Selection of a Major (11/3/08)
• Wintergreen Orchard House (5/28/09)
3. Surveys monitored (other Hope office coordinating) (5)
• CUPA-HR (Provost)
• Educause (CIT)
• Michigan College Foundation (President)
• NACUBO (Finance)
• Standard & Poors (Finance)
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Hope College Institutional Research Activities
2008-2009
4. Website design and implementation
• Maintenance and continued development
5. External Data Requests (4)
• College Board: Updated Cost (4/15/09)
• GLCA: AAUP and Common Data Set (12/31/08)
• Carnegie Mellon: Mean GPA (8/18/08)
• Michigan Colleges Foundation: Peer study (10/10/08)
6. Consultation (23)
• Admissions (2)
• Career Services (1)
• Chuck Green (1)
• CIT (1)
• Deans’ Council (4)
• Education Department (1)
• Finance (3)
• Individual faculty member (1)
• Human Resources (1)
• International Education (1)
• Kinesiology Department (1)
• Library (1)
• Multicultural Education (1)
• Provost (2)
• Religion Department (1)
• Women’s Forum (1)
7. Internal Data Reports (27)
• Admissions (4)
• Advancement (2)
• Education (1)
• Finance (1)
• Financial Aid (1)
• Library (2)
• Multicultural Education (4)
• Natural and Applied Sciences Dean (2)
• President (2)
• Provost (5)
• Public Relations (2)
• Social Sciences Dean (1)
8. Meetings Attended (2)
• Association for Institutional Research National Forum
5/30/09 – 6/4/09 Atlanta, GA
• HEDS National Conference
6/28/09 – 7/1/09 Greenville, SC
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