- Gainful Employment and the White House College Scorecard
David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Post-Secondary Education,
will provide a broad overview of the Department of Education’s new Gainful Employment reporting and disclosure requirements
as well as the
College Scorecard that has been proposed by the White House. Gainful employment
reporting is an effort to provide students and families with better information
about the value of programs subject to the requirement they lead to gainful employment
in recognized occupations. Institutions are required to report information about
students who start and complete a program including costs, debt levels, graduation
rates, and placement rates. The goal of the proposed College Scorecard is to make
it easier for potential students and their families "to identify and choose high
quality, affordable colleges that provide good value” based on five dimensions of
data: costs, graduation rates, student loan repayment, student loan debt, and earnings
potential.
Following Mr. Bergeron’s presentation, a panel of higher education professionals
will discuss the impact of the regulations on different sectors of higher education.
- Large Scale Surveys: Advantages and Limitations
This panel of IR practitioners and researchers will present perspectives on the
usefulness and validity of large-scale academic surveys to clarify the underlying
concepts and the advantages and limitations of the instruments. This session will
assist institutional research/assessment practitioners in better utilizing these
instruments to improve student success and understand institutional effectiveness.
Facilitator: Gerard A. Dizinno, Ph.D. – The University of Texas
at San Antonio
Panel Members: Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D. – Indiana University
Bloomington; Gloria E. Crisp, Ed.D. – The University of Texas at San Antonio; Alexander
C. McCormick, Ph.D. – Indiana University Bloomington; Gary Pike, Ph.D. – Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Stephen Porter, Ph.D.
– North Carolina State University
- IR International Caucus
Seeking a global perspective on institutional research? Join international and U.S.
AIR members to learn more about countries represented at the Caucus: trends and
challenges facing IR professionals, higher education systems, data quality, and
other driving issues. Small group discussions will allow attendees to make meaningful
connections with colleagues from around the world.