California Association for Institutional Research

1995 Annual Meeting
Trends and Changes in Higher Education
Institutional Researcher's Evolving Roles

November 9-10, 1995 Sacramento, California




Thursday, November 9

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS

Joan S. Sallee, CAIR President, California Postsecondary Education Commission
Robert D. Grey, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California, Davis
Robert A. Schwabe, CAIR Vice President, California State University, San Bernardino

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Robert Zemsky, Founding Director, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania.

RESPONSE TO KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Trudy H. Bers, AIR President, Oakton Community College, Illinois
Daniel L. Simmons, Immediate Past Chair, Academic Senate & Regent, Law Professor, University of California, Davis
Mary E. Lyons, President, California Maritime Academy, California State University

CURRICULUM STRUCTURE AND INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTIVITY: AN OPEN SEMINAR WITH ROBERT ZEMSKY

Robert Cox, University of California, Los Angeles
Marsha Hirano-Nakaniski, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Mary Jo Anderson, University of California, Davis
Mark Fetler, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

BUILDING A CULTURE OF EVIDENCE: NEW ROLE AND NEW CHALLENGE FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

Cirenio Rodriquez, California State University, Sacramento
Robyn Nelson, California State University, Sacramento
William Dorman, California State University, Sacramento
Gerald V. Sharp, California State University, Sacramento
Vickii Castillon, California State University, Sacramento

NOT JUST ANOTHER LAB REPORT: TOWARD A TYPOLOGY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT RETENTION

Rick Axelson, Riverside Community College
George Prather, Los Angeles Community College District
Rebecca Tillberg, Los Angeles Community College District
David Torres, Riverside Community College

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT DEMAND: 1994 TO 2005

Stacy Wilson, California Postsecondary Education Commission
William Storey, California Postsecondary Education Commission
Philip Garcia, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

INTERSEGMENTAL MEETING



Friday, November 10

JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING: NEXT STEPS

Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Bill Armstrong, San Diego Community College District
Evelyn R. Babey, University of California, Davis
Trudy H. Bers, Oakton Community College
Margaret Heisel, University of California, Outreach Director

LOCAL VALIDATION OF THE CALIFORNIA CHEMISTRY DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Edward R. Karpp, Glendale Community College

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WASC: BUILDING ASSESSMENT INTO INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES

Ralph Wolff, Director, Western Association for Schools and Colleges

CREATING IR WEB SITES

Robert Daly, University of California, Irvine and creator of CAIRWeb

POLITICAL DILEMMAS OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH: MAGAZINE RATING SURVEYS AS A CASE EXAMPLE

Anne Machung, University of California, Berkeley

FINANCIALLY SOLVENT OR ON THE BRINK? AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE 1990s

Juan C. Yniguez, Association of Independent California Colleges & Universities

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF ELEVEN POSSIBLE DEFINITIONS OF THE TRANSFER RATE

William B. Armstrong, San Diego Community College District
Scot L. Spicer, Glendale Community College

MEASURE OF WAYS OF KNOWING

L. Rose Bruce, Sonoma State University

Keynote: Technology and the Changing Campus

Robert Threlkeld, Dean of Learning and Technology, California State University, Fresno

"PICKAX TO SURFBOARD": THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLE OF CAMPUS INFORMATION PROVIDERS

Nancy Shulock, California State University, Sacramento
John Oldenburg, California State University, Sacramento
Gerald V. Sharp, California State University, Sacramento
Gerald Helland, California State University, Sacramento
Linda Smith, California State University, Sacramento

USING BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING IN THE DESIGN OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM

Mary Jo Anderson, University of California, Davis
Christi Bengard, University of California, Davis

THE MATHEMATICS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLASSROOM: NOTES ON WSCH, FTES, AND WSCH/FTE

Matthew Breindel, College of the Desert

NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR DATA ANALYSIS

Ross Moran, California State Universiyt, San Bernardino

KEYNOTE: TOWARD THE FUTURE: A WORK IN PROGRESS

Peter Smith, President, California State University, Monterey Bay


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