Chabot College Office of Institutional Research Unit Plan 2011-12, Part II
Program Review Summary & Unit Plan
Unit/Area:
Division/Area to Which You Report:
Author(s) of this Unit Plan:
Today’s Date:
School Year Program Review Completed:
Office of Institutional Research (OIR)
President’s Office
Carolyn Arnold and Rajinder Samra
April 27, 2011
Spring 2009, as one of first Administrative Services Program Reviews
Audience: IPBC; Program Review Committee; Deans/Unit Administrators; Budget Committee
Purpose: To provide evidence of progress on from previous year and to provide input into planning for subsequent years.
Instructions: If you have completed your unit plan last year, please update your timeline and answer the questions below. If you are updating/changing
your timeline, list the appropriate year in which revisions were made.
1A. Problem Statement: Summarize your original Program Review conclusions (or if this was done in last year’s unit plan, please update).
1B. Analysis: What was the basis for these new and/or continuing conclusions?
The OIR Spring 2009 Program review cited staff surveys that showed that most faculty and staff recognize the contributions that OIR makes to program
review and evaluation, and are satisfied with the services of the OIR. Still, OIR research could be made even more visible, accessible, and useful to more
faculty and staff. The Program Review also documented an increased demand for in-depth customized research projects in the last year, as a result of a
successful Program Review process and two active grants, Basic Skills and Title III, which use faculty inquiry groups (FIGs) and OIR research to improve
student learning and success. The Program Review concluded that increased support for a professional programmer and/or Research Analyst, as well as
permanent administrative support would insure that the OIR could continue to respond to the increased demand for its services.
This program review conclusion was also supported by the Visiting Accreditation Team:
The Fall 2009 Visiting Accreditation Team commended the OIR for doing “an excellent job of creating and promoting a culture of evidence to guide the
strategic planning process.”
This culture of evidence for strategic planning has been created by the OIR by focusing on research that supports and monitors the objectives of the Strategic
Plan. The OIR objectives support the 2009-11 Strategic Plan by providing the data and analysis that identifies, measures, and monitors the Strategic Planning
objectives. Any strategic planning goals, objectives, or activities that call for increasing student access, equity, success, persistence, or completion of
educational or vocational goals, or for evaluating or assessing student or community needs, satisfaction, or learning, effectiveness of courses and programs, or
course-taking patterns, all require measurable objectives that need to be identified, specified, measured, and monitored through the efforts of the IR Office. In
addition, anything related to developing and assessing student learning outcomes involves the Institutional Research Office. Therefore, increasing the
efficiency of the IR Office will contribute to most of the goals/objectives in the strategic plan.
In addition, the Accreditation Team commended the OIR for being “highly responsive to faculty and staff requests for a variety of research and analysis
related to program improvement.” The OIR has been able to be so responsive to faculty and staff research requests due to the dedication and expertise of the
full-time staff and their willingness to work overtime to complete requests, and in particular to the commitment of the Research Analyst to thoroughly and
accurately complete requests, develop his own programming expertise, and guide the student programmers to do their best work. However, this pace cannot
continue without jeopardizing other required and institutional priorities of the OIR, so more permanent programming support is needed.
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2. Student Learning Outcomes Inventory
NOT APPLICABLE – no courses
3. List your accomplishments. How do they relate to your program review, unit planning and SLO work? Please cite any relevant data
elements (e.g., efficiency, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios, SLO assessment results, external accreditation demands, etc.).
The major ongoing and new accomplishments from Fall 10, and Spring 11 are listed below, under major focus areas of the OIR.
While most accomplishments are ongoing objectives, the new objectives from last year’s unit plan are highlighted below the accomplishments:
BASIC SKILLS/TITLE III PROJECTS
1. Co-chaired Basic Skills Committee / Provided Basic Skills Research
a. Planned & conducted semester meetings/agendas with Patricia Shannon
b. Updated/summarized overall Basic Skills data, inc. ARCC data
c. Monitored Basic Skills FIGS – quantitative and qualitative
d. Identified new questions/data needed by committee
2. Monitored Title III basic skills outcomes
a. Identified all Fall 2010 FIGs.
b. Conducted & analyzed student engagement survey
c. Produced college-wide Title III outcomes for 2009-10
d. Produced Title III objective outcomes for Spring 10 (success & engagement)
e. Identified Spr 10 T3/BSI FIGs and tracked persistence into Fall 2010
f. Provided data for CTE/Basic Skills FIG
GRANT DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION RESEARCH
3. Grant Development research
a. Monitored HSI status and provided related research
b. Provided data for various grant efforts: TRIO-ETS, CCAMPIS, Promise Neighborhood
4. Grant Assessment and Evaluation research
a. Began evaluation of FIPSE: Book Rental Program & Transfer-Employment Center (TEC)
b. Provided evaluation for CCAMPIS
c. Provided evaluations for TRIO: SSS-Aspire, Talent Search, ESL
d. Provided evaluation for Song-Brown (Nursing)
ONLINE STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY
5. Developed and conducted survey based on campus Student Satisfaction Survey
a. Developed survey drafts and have COOL review them.
b. Worked with COOL to get survey conducted by all faculty
c. Compiled, displayed, and analyzed results
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Accomplishments (continued)
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
6. Implemented assessment of College-wide learning goal: Communication
a. Provided introduction to Reading and Speaking FIGS at Convocation
b. Conducted MARSI reading strategies assessment campus wide
c. Disseminated MARSI results to campus
d. Conducted FIG to measure Speaking skills with Comm Studies rubric.
e. Conducted Speaking analysis meetings; summarize for web and flex days.
7. Supported SLO development and assessment among faculty
a. Served on SLOAC for SLO/elumen issues
b. Provided training, tech support for eLumen and other SLO issues
STRATEGIC PLANNING
8. Contributed Institutional Research expertise to Educational Master Plan
a. Updated & provided latest data as needed
b. Provided customized data
9. Provided data for the Economic Impact Study
a. Worked with Las Positas Researcher regarding methodology for this study
b. Provided data for both Chabot and Las Positas
10. Provided updates and new data for the environment scan data/narrative
a. Updated measurable objectives (esp Basic Skills, st equity)
b. Provided new data
c. Presented the environmental scan to the PRBC
11. Provided Research Expertise for Accreditation Recommendation 3: Library & Learning Support Services
a. Met multiple times with the library and learning support services staff in order help respond to this recommendation.
RESEARCH DISSEMINATION FOR DECISION-MAKING
12. Provided latest research results in useable formats to college/decision-makers
a. Provided hard copies of yearly reports and/or posted pages online
i. Student Characteristics Fall 2009
ii. Student Characteristics & Outcomes Report 09-10
iii. High School Data Fall 09 – posted basics online
b. Uploaded all new report information onto IR website
c. IR Email Highlights / Data Dashboards in Hotsheet
i. New info on transfer sent out as first highlight
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Accomplishments (continued)
OTHER MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
13. Provided Program Review/Enrollment Management data and analysis needs
a. Updated course sequence data and posted to website
b. Updated new student benchmark data
14. Provided research and support to Nursing program
a. Surveyed new Nursing cohort early in Fall
b. Provided outcomes of prerequisites, surveys, outcomes thru Spring 10
c. Planned how to modify prerequisites for Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 classes.
15. Monitored state accountability system data (ARCC) 2011
a. Reviewed and corrected new data Oct – Dec for 2011 report
b. Wrote the self-assessment for Chabot College
16. Conducted other ongoing and adhoc research and programming projects
a. Implemented use of National Clearinghouse transfer data
b. Completed 100+ ad-hoc research requests from programs, disciplines, staff, ASCC
c. Provided data for the College Board's Annual Survey
d. Checked, corrected, and explained IPEDS data for Spring 10, Fall 10, and Spring 11 Collections
e. Presented Chabot Student Characteristics Overview for Marketing Class
17. Distance Learning
a. Identified Fall 2010 DE courses and monitored success and retention rates
18. Institutional Research Database
a. Worked with ITS to add/edit IR database elements [ZIP Codes, parent education level]
b. Prepared for changes with the race-ethnicity data.
19. Surveys
a. CLPCCD Summer 2010 Hours Survey
b. Chabot College Fall 2010 Convocation/College Days Assessment
c. Faculty Needs Survey: 2011-12
d. Faculty Development – March 2011 Flex Day Survey
e. Classified Professionals Development – March 2011 Flex Day Survey
f. Chabot College Smoking Policy Survey
g. Shared Governance Assessment Survey
h. Learning Experiences Surveys – Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
i. Automotive Technology - Industry Survey
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Accomplishments (continued)
19. Surveys (continued)
j. Automotive Technology - Current Student
k. Automotive Technology - Employer Satisfaction
l. Automotive Technology - Alumni Survey
m. Chabot 3.0 Website Feedback Survey
n. FIPSE Book Rental Survey
o. American Association for Community Colleges (AACC) Survey of Presidents
IR OFFICE STAFFING and ORGANIZATION
20. IR/Grants Staffing
a. Conducted hiring processes for Coordinator for Spring 11 Sabbatical
b. Conducted hiring processes for the temporary Research Analyst
c. Provided direction/feedback for Programmer, Research Assistant
21. Potential IR Office Move Planning
a. Kept informed about planning via meetings, discussions with Marcia
b. Attended meetings; provided input
22. IR/Grants Staff/Professional Development
a. Attended Student Success conference in So Cal in October
i. Led panel on IR/faculty collaboration
b. Attended RP regional events; Attended the RP conference
23. Streamline IR Office/maintain IR business
a. Continued to update and enhance IR website
b. Continued to update IR data/definitions binder
c. Reduced back files/reports in preparation for office move
IR OFFICE STAFF COLLEGE RESPONSIBILITIES/COMMITTEES
COORDINATOR
Basic Skills Committee – CO-CHAIR
Planning Review and Budget Council (PRBC)
Title III Steering Committee
SLOAC
District Sabbatical Committee – CO-CHAIR
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Designation Committee
College-wide Learning Goals –Communication: Reading and Speaking FIG Leader
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Accomplishments (continued)
RESEARCH ANALYST/ACTING COORDINATOR
Planning Review and Budget Council (PRBC)
Basic Skills Committee
Classified Senate Representative
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Designation Committee
CTE/Basic Skills FIG Leader
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The following new objectives listed on last year’s unit plan were accomplished:
1. Developed and conducted Fall 2010 Student Satisfaction Survey for Online Students
3. Conducted in-depth internal and external environmental scan as needed for Educational Master Plan
4. Piloted the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of new transfer data from the National Clearinghouse for grants purposes.
5. Provided guidance for faculty to discuss and evaluate program and FIG research results for planning purposes.
6. Identified and assessed another college-wide learning outcome (CLO) - Communication - both Reading and Speaking
5. Increased online survey capacity by conducting several online surveys during 2010-11.
4. List your new and continuing unit goals. Based upon what you accomplished, do you have any changes you are making to your goals or
timeline? Please make any revisions to the timeline on the next page.
ONGOING GOALS and OBJECTIVES:
I. GOAL: Collect and update student, staff, program, and community data
I-1. Ongoing Objective: Maintain, increase, and improve IR dataset and other college data.
I-2. Ongoing Objective: Assist with the college implementation of SLOs at the college, program, and course level.
I-3. Ongoing Objective: Identify another college-wide learning outcome (CLO) to assess and integrate assessment into SLO cycles
I-4. Ongoing Objective: Conduct community focus groups and surveys if needed
II. GOAL: Produce and analyze student, staff, program, and community research
II-1. Ongoing Objective: Update Strategic Plan measurable objectives and environmental scan, including student equity data for Strategic Plan review in 2011-12
II-2. Ongoing Objective: Monitor HSI status and provide related research towards increasing the percent Latino among students and developing successful programs.
II-3. Ongoing Objective: Continue and improve production and analysis of student and staff characteristics and outcomes, by college and program.
III. GOAL: Provide campus support and leadership for the use of research in the college cycle of planning, assessment, and continuous improvement
III-1. Ongoing Objective: Facilitate the use of research results in planning and accountability discussions.
III-2.Ongoing Objective: Provide guidance for faculty to discuss and evaluate program review and FIG research results for planning purposes.
IV. GOAL: Disseminate student, staff, and program research and analyses to campus and local community.
IV-1. Ongoing Objective: Continue and improve dissemination of reports and handouts of student characteristics and outcomes, by college and programs
IV-2. Ongoing Objective: Make program-specific research (on course sequences, learning communities, learning connections, etc.) more accessible by college staff
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ONGOING GOALS and OBJECTIVES (continued)
V. GOAL: Streamline IR Office for maximum efficiency and responsiveness for planning, program review, and assessment of learning.
V-1. Ongoing Objective: Streamline BrioQuery programs (BrioQuery is the relational database software used to access, compute, and present IR data)
V-2. Ongoing Objective: Increase computer hardware capacity to match research computing needs
V-3. Ongoing Objective: Expand online survey capacity
V-4. Ongoing Objective: Provide widescreen monitors for programming and administrative PCs to improve productivity and efficiency
V-5. Ongoing Objective: Stabilize conference funding
V-6. Ongoing Objective: Provide professional administrative help for IR and Grants Offices: paperwork, data entry, report formatting, etc
V-7. Ongoing Objective: Provide professional programmer to increase research productivity
V-8. Ongoing Objective: Organize IR Office and throw out unnecessary paper and reports.
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Ongoing goals / new objectives:
I. GOAL: Collect and update student, staff, program, and community data
I-5. New Objective: Develop and conduct Fall 2011 Student Satisfaction Survey
I-6. New Objective: Pilot methods to efficiently and inexpensively conduct follow-up surveys with CTE students.
I-7. New Objective: Provide data and analysis for CCRC study of accelerated basic skills classes.
I-8. New Objective: Provide data for District Economic Impact Study
I-9. New Objective: Conduct Administrative Services Program Review Survey and other studies
II. GOAL: Produce and analyze student, staff, program, and community research
II-4. New Objective: Provide final Environmental Scan and analysis for Educational Master Plan
II-6. Implement assessment and analysis of last two CLOs by Accreditation deadline of May 2012
II-7. New Objective: Conduct assessment of Learning Connection and Library to address Accreditation Recommendation Number 3.
5. Discuss how these goals support the college Strategic Plan goals and/or strategies.
Continuing goals (if you did not do a unit plan, skip to the next box):
The Fall 2009 Visiting Accreditation Team commended the OIR for doing “an excellent job of creating and promoting a culture of evidence to
guide the strategic planning process.” This culture of evidence for strategic planning has been created by the OIR by focusing on research that
supports and monitors the goals of the Strategic Plan. The OIR objectives support the 2009-11 Strategic Plan by providing the data and analysis
that identifies, measures, and monitors the Strategic Planning goals and objectives. Any strategic planning goals, objectives, or activities that call
for monitoring student access, equity, success, persistence, or completion of educational or vocational goals, or for evaluating or assessing
student or community needs, satisfaction, or learning, effectiveness of courses and programs, or course-taking patterns, all require measurable
objectives that need to be identified, specified, measured, and monitored through the efforts of the OIR.
New goals:
All of the new objectives represent an expansion of the ongoing goals and objectives, which all contribute to providing the data and analysis that
identifies, measures, and monitors the Strategic Plan goals as discussed above.
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6. Solution: Cut and paste your previous timeline and update the “Accomplished?” column, if necessary. Detail the plan for accomplish
your goals. If you are making revisions to your activities or timeline, please indicate that in the “Revised?” column.
Unit Action Plan Timeline
Goal/
Obj.
No.
I-1
Timeline
All academic year
All academic year
I-2
All academic year
All academic year
I-4
Decide in Fall 2010
Fall 2010
I-5
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
I-6
All academic year
Fall 2010/Spr 2011
Fall 2011/Spr 2012
I-7
Fall 2011
I-8
Summer/Fall 2011
I-9
Summer/Fall 2011
I-10
Spring 2012
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
I-1. Maintain, increase, and improve IR dataset and other college data.
1) Meet with ITS to add or change variables in the Institutional Research
student and course database.
2) Collect relevant local, state, and national comparison and environmental
data (including Clearinghouse Data)
I-2. Assist with the college implementation of SLOs at the college,
program, and course level.
1) Participate in SLOAC committee to continue college implementation plan
of SLOs.
2) Refine eLumen system for tallying assessment results at course, program,
and college level.
I-4. Conduct community focus groups and surveys for Ed Master Plan.
1) Work with consultant to determine whether focus groups are needed.
2) Decide when/where/how/who, and the content.
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA
In Progress
No
No
CA
In Progress
No
No
CA
NO
Not needed
No
No
CA
Not needed
No
No
I-5. Conduct Fall 2010 Student Satisfaction Survey for Online Students
1) Develop new and revised questions by end of Spring/Summer 2010.
2) Determine how to administer and whether to use student ID.
CA
YES
No
No
CA
YES
No
No
I-6. Develop methods to efficiently conduct follow-up surveys with CTE
students
1) Determine how to best collect student contact information
2) Determine the best way to survey students (e.g. online surveys, paper
surveys, telephone interviews)
3) Pilot methods to efficiently and inexpensively conduct follow-up surveys
with CTE students with auto tech surveys.
I-7. Develop and conduct Fall 2011 Student Satisfaction Survey
RS
No
No
No
No
RS
NEW
No
CA/RS
NEW
No
RS
NEW
No
RS
NEW
No
CA/RS
NEW
No
1) Determine questions and update survey
2) Select sample and administer survey
I-8. Provide data and analysis for CCRC study of accelerated basic skills
classes.
I-9. Provide data for District Economic Impact Study.
I-10. Conduct Administrative Services Program Review Survey and other
studies
YES
RS
YES
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Unit Action Plan Timeline
Goal/
Obj.
No.
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
II-1
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
II-2
All academic year
All academic year
II-3
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
All academic year
II-1 Update Strategic Plan measurable objectives and environmental
scan, including student equity data for Strategic Plan review in 2011-12.
1) Update measurable objectives and refine Excel file for the clearest
presentation.
2) Facilitate discussion of the external trends in these objectives and in the
environmental scan.
II-2 Monitor HSI status and provide related research towards increasing
the percent Latino among students and developing successful programs.
1) Document HSI eligibility on forms by deadline
2) Provide additional analyses as needed to support HSI status and HSI related grants.
II-3 Continue and improve production and analysis of student and staff
characteristics and outcomes, by college, program, and by request.
1) Produce information on student characteristics, access, goals, assessment
results, retention, success, persistence, transfer readiness and transfers,
degrees and certificates, satisfaction with campus climate and services, and
vocational program outcomes.
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA
CA/RS
YES/do yearly
In Progress
No
No
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
2) Conduct validation and disproportionate impact studies on assessment
instruments and processes, as needed
3) Conduct studies on the impact of matriculation services and/or other
programs on student success and other student outcomes
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
4) Update and monitor student equity data
5) Conduct studies on student demographics or student outcomes as requested
by programs, staff, or the local community, such as for program review on
campus or for high school districts off campus.
6) Develop measures and conduct studies on institutional effectiveness and
accountability (includes ARCC)
7) Produce and analyze student data to support grant proposals
8) Produce information on staff demographics and satisfaction with the
college
9) Conduct “environmental scanning” studies on external demographic, labor
market, and educational trends that affect the college.
CA/RS
CA/RS
In Progress
In Progress
No
No
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
CA/RS
In Progress
In Progress
No
No
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
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Goal/
Obj.
No,
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
1) Work with Educational Master Plan Consultant to provide appropriate
level of external environmental data for the new plan.
2) Provide final Environmental Scan and analysis for Educational Master
Plan
II-5 Analyze, interpret, and present new transfer data from the National
Clearinghouse.
1) Identify best tool (SPSS vs. BrioQuery) to use to extract data
2) Establish an efficient method to query the data
3) Determine time span to use for cohort transfer
4) Analyze and interpret the transfer data
II-6. Identify another college-wide learning outcome (CLO) to assess and
integrate assessment into SLO cycles.
1) Implement assessment and analysis of last two CLOs by Accreditation
deadline of May 2012
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
New
No
II-7. New Objective: Conduct assessment of Learning Connection and
Library to address Accreditation Recommendation Number 3.
CA/RS
Fall 2011/Spr 2012
1) Work with Learning Connection and ITS to extract and clean the LC
quantitative data and to collect qualitative data.
Fall 2011/Spr 2012
Fall 2011/Spr 2012
2) Work with Library to identify assessment data and conduct assessments.
3) Analyze assessment data and provide analysis for Mid-term Report.
II-4
II-4. Conduct in-depth external environmental scan for Educational
Master Plan
Fall 2010/Spr2011
Sum 2011/Fall 2011
II-5
Spr/Summer 2010
Summer 2010
Summer 2010
Summer/Fall 2010
II-6
Fall 2011 & Spring
2012
II-7
CA/RS
RS
RS
CA/RS
CA/RS
YES
YES
YES
In Progress
In Progress
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
CA
NEW
No
No, but $$$
would help as
incentive
CA/RS
NEW
Need much ITS
support.
CA/RS
CA/RS
NEW
NEW
No
No
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Goal/
Obj.
No,
Timeline
III-1
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
CA
In Progress
No
No
III-1 Facilitate the use of research results in planning and accountability
efforts
Fall 2009
1) Work with IPBC, Basic Skills Committee, and Dr. Barberena to build in
‘data dialogues’ into governance meetings to insure use of data in decisions.
All academic year
2) Work with research-oriented committees such as BSI and Title III and their
FIGs to develop focused research agendas and provide relevant and timely
research results.
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
All academic year
3) Facilitate discussions of college progress on Strategic Plan objectives.
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
All academic year
4) Serve as research consultant to staff research projects, program review
projects, and grants
5) Provide information/training on the use of assessment and prerequisite
research results
III-2. Provide guidance for faculty to discuss and evaluate program
review and FIG research results for planning purposes.
1) Meet with all FIG leaders about interpreting and improving their research
results.
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
All academic year
III-2
All academic year
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Goal/
Obj.
No,
Timeline
IV-1
Summer/Fall each
year
All academic year
All academic year
IV-2
All academic year
V-1
Milestone Activity
IV-1 Continue and improve dissemination of reports and handouts of
student characteristics and outcomes, by college and programs
1) Determine best way to produce yearly SC and SC&O reports
2) Prepare periodic reports to the Chabot community regarding student
characteristics, access, educational needs, retention, success, persistence, goal
attainment, degree and certificate awards, transfer readiness and transfer, and
other outcomes
3) Determine the best way to disseminate ad hoc research
IV-2 Make discipline-specific research (such as course sequences and
combos, learning communities research, learning connections research,
etc.) more accessible by college staff
1) Organize website for ease of use and upload all current research onto web.
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
RS
In Progress
No
No – unless
automation
costs $$
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
No
RS
In Progress
No
No
RS
In Progress
No
No
CA/RS
In Progress
No
Yes -$1,000
CA
No
No
Covered by
Title III funds
2009-11
CA/RS
Not funded; put
Matric conf.
funds towards
Student RA
No
Yes:
$1,600-$2,700
possibly some
from Title III
and BSI funds
V-1 Streamline BrioQuery programs (BrioQuery is the relational
database software used to access, compute, and present IR data)
All academic year
All academic year
1) Update frequently used BrioQuery programs to incorporate advanced
BrioQuery programming techniques
2) Create new BrioQuery programs that utilize advanced BrioQuery
programming techniques
V-2 Increase computing capacity to match research computing needs
By Summer 2011
1) Determine whether new computers need more processing speed capability
V-2
V-3
Fall 2011
V-5
Fall 2011
V-3 Develop online survey capacity
1) Subscribe to Survey Monkey ($250/yr)
V-5 Stabilize conference funding
1) Obtain conference funds to attend 1) major RP conference, 2) Student
Success conference, 3) other relevant conferences.
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Goal/
Obj.
No,
Timeline
V-6
Fall 2010
V-7
V-8
Milestone Activity
V-7 Provide professional programmer/Research Analyst to increase
research productivity
1) Hire a regular half-time programmer OR
2) Increase hourly programmer hours
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision
year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
CA
No
No
Yes –
Classified
position or
more hourly $$
V-6 Provide professional administrative help for IR and Grants Offices:
paperwork, data entry, report formatting, etc
Fall 2010
1) Hire an Administrative Assistant to provide clerical assistance to the IR
and Grants office.
CA
No – deferred
to another yr.
No
Yes –
Classified
position
All academic year
V-8 Organize IR Office and throw out unnecessary paper and reports.
1) Set aside time to do this;
CA/RS
In progress
No
No
All academic year
2) Hire a professional organizer (with own funds)
CA
YES!
No
Used own
funds
* Note: As you may be carrying over or planning new activities for this planning cycle, this column should list that all activities are “In Progress.”
** List types such as “equipment,” “supplies,” “staffing,” “contractual services,” etc…
List types such as “equipment,” “supplies,” “staffing,” “contractual services,” etc…
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