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Santa Rosa Junior College’s Citizen Researcher Campaign

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Great Viz’s, But Just Give Me the Numbers I Want!�SRJC’s Citizen Researcher’s Campaign���Association for Institutional Research�Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.�May 2017��

KC Greaney, Director of Institutional Research

Jeanne Fadelli, Research Analyst

Santa Rosa Junior College

Sonoma County Junior College District

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About Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC)

  • 2-year public comprehensive community college located in northern California
  • Multi-site, single college district founded in 1918
  • Nearly 40,000 students enrolled annually, producing 19,000 FTES
  • On President #5 in 100 years

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Why Provide Viz’s?

Efficient

  • Interactive, online data resources allow research offices to provide vast quantities of data to stakeholders, in a customizable format allowing users to extract the precise numbers they need
  • Can relieve IR offices of many routine data requests
  • Efficient for IR staff in retrieving data

Democratic

  • With accessible data, this approach supports AIR’s Statement of Aspirational Practices, which expands the definition of Decision Maker to include Students, Staff and Faculty

Promotes Data Driven Culture

  • All stakeholders will have access to data to inform decisions

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Great Viz’s!

  • Historical Enrollment at SRJC:  

(tab: Historical Student Count at SRJC)

  • Student Headcount by ZIP Code:

(tab: Change in Student Counts by ZIP Code)

  • Degrees by Department:

(tab: Degrees by Department)

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But…

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Improving Data Literacy at SRJC

Approach:

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1. Provide meaningful, useful viz’s – not reports

    • Responsive to requests

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2. Data coaching

    • “Professional Development Day” training sessions
    • President’s Cabinet
    • Committees
    • New Faculty Orientation
    • Student Classroom Presentations
    • On request, 1:1 to help stakeholders find the data they need

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3. Data Leadership

    • Promote discussions of AIR’s “Statement of Aspirational Practices

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Citizen Researcher Campaign:�Data to the People!

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Great Viz’s! (part 2)

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  • Local High Schools College Going Rate:  
  • Transfers: 

(tab: Transfers to Four Year Institutions)

  • CTEOS for Individual Colleges:

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What About You?

  • How have you promoted a data driven culture at your institution?

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  • What have been the challenges?

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  • Do you have successful strategies to share?

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Thank You!

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KC Greaney, Director of Institutional Research

kgreaney@santarosa.edu

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Jeanne Fadelli, Research Analyst

jfadelli@santarosa.edu

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