In addition to reporting on survey results, the Institutional Research office is often asked to utilize available data to assess aspects of the undergraduate experience.
The Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES)
The first two reports below focus only on the SAGES pilot program and the third report examines the impact of SAGES during students' first year only. Once the class of 2009 graduates, the Institutional Research office will conduct an assessment of the impact of the fully-implemented SAGES program on the undergraduate experience.
Using NSSE Benchmarks to assess the impact of the SAGES pilot program
Using NSSE and the Senior Survey to assess SAGES learning goals
Assessing the impact of the first-year SAGES experience using NSSE data (PowerPoint)
In addition to our own research on the SAGES program, Institutional Research worked with the University Undergraduate Faculty's SAGES Impact Committee. In 2008 we provided extensive analysis of existing data. In 2009 we worked with the Impact Committee to create and analyze student, faculty, and department surveys assessing the impact of the SAGES Capstone requirement.
2008 UUF Report on the Impact of SAGES (Login required)
2009 UUF Report on the Impact of SAGES (Login required)
Student Retention
As part of the Strategic Planning process, Institutional Research assisted the Retention Task Force in an effort to better understand first-to-third semester retention among Case undergraduates.
Retention Task Force - Summary Presentation to the Board of Trustees (Login Required)
Retention Task Force - Final Report (Login Required)
Student Satisfaction
By using data from the Senior Survey and NSSE, Institutional Research was able to examine longitudinal changes in student satisfaction and determine factors associated with student satisfaction.
The Satisfied Student (PowerPoint)
Free Access Program
One of the benefits of being a student at Case is the ability to visit University Circle museums and instututions free of charge. This report attempts to examine the impact of that program on undergraduate students.
Assessing the Impact of the Free Access Program
Emerging Leaders Program (ELP)
The Emerging Leaders Program is an intensive leadership development program for Case first-year students. This report utilizes institutional data to examine the types of students who choose to participate in the program and how those students are affected by the program.
What Institutional Data Tells Us About the Emerging Leaders Program
Greek Life
Working with the Office of Greek Life, Institutional Research put together a presentation profiling the types of students who join a fraternity or sorority, assessing the impact of Greek participation, and examining the relationship between Greek membership and retention.
Greek Life Presentation (PowerPoint)
Academic Advising
This presentation was given to SAGES First-Seminar advisors in the summer of 2008. The presentation uses institutional data to provide a profile of the "typical Case student" and goes on to examine what Case students have to say about academic advising.
What we know about our students and what they say about advising (PowerPoint)
Using Participation Records to Evaluate Impact
In a presentation given at the Student Affairs directors retreat, Institutional Research demonstrated how participation records (swipe-card technology, club list-servs, etc) can be used to evaluate the impact of a program or club. This presentation examines the impact of the Career Center, Greek Life, and the Emerging Leaders Program.
Evaluating Our Impact: The Career Center, Greek Life, ELP and the Student Experience
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