Mission Fulfillment Data Exploration�October 20, 2023

Welcome!

Today’s Workshop

Get familiar with our Mission Fulfillment data

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Understand how mission fulfillment data connects to our campus priorities, your department and you.

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Build upon discussions of student achievement from the Opening Week Strategic Planning session.

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Build a foundation for data-informed strategic actions

Why This Data?

We just had our midcycle accreditation �visit earlier this week!

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All the data we will talk about today comes from our midcycle accreditation report:

accreditation.highline.edu/accreditation-documents/

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Our accreditation visitors suggested we pare down our Mission Fulfillment Report to the key measures we want to focus on.

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This Student Achievement data will form the core of our future streamlined Mission Fulfillment Report.

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Longitudinal data - How to read the tables

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Group discussion format - Initial Setup

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Introductions in your group: Name & Department.

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Pick a note taker to write down your group’s collective thoughts.

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Note: Directions are on each table and in the Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AGVGv5T8d1H_HpwjGUwq7ySzQw8t7VyCP0_c3IK9NYc/edit?usp=sharing

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Group discussion format�

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Think about each question while you look at the table.

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Share your observations with your group.

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The note taker writes down your group’s collective thoughts.

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Longitudinal data - group discussion

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1. Pick one table from Fall to Fall Retention, Prof-Tech Completions or Transfer Completions.
2. What stands out to you?
3. How has the Overall row changed over time?
4. How does Highline’s data compare to peer groups?
5. Pick one demographic group to compare to the Overall row. How do the numbers compare?

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Comparison of related outcomes

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1. Look at the tables: Fall to Winter vs. Fall to Fall Retention
2. Notice the differences in rates in Fall to Winter �versus Fall to Fall.
3. What else do you notice?
4. What questions are coming up?
5. Jot down any thoughts, questions or observations

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Group Discussion: �Connections to possible actions and campus initiatives

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1. What are your hypotheses about why:
1. Fall-to-Winter and Fall-to-Fall retention look different?
2. Retention differs between groups?
3. Rates rise and fall over time?
2. What other information would tell us if our hypotheses are correct? What actions could we take to gather this data or test our hypotheses?
3. Are you aware of any campus initiatives that aim to address retention?

Closing Thoughts

Where else can you apply this kind of data analysis?

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Examples:

• Mission Fulfillment data
• Institutional Effectiveness Plans
• Communities of Practice
• Committee Work

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Thank you!

Emily Coates

Director of Institutional Research

ecoates@highline.edu

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Skyler Roth

Senior Research Analyst

sroth@highline.edu

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Kelsey Anderson

Research Analyst

kanderson@highline.edu