Theme Two - Strengthen Data/Evidence Informed Decision Making
Review the progress we have made on our goals, priorities and initiatives.
- 2.1 Collect new data to help inform student and faculty retention (e.g., COACHE, exit interviews)
Initiative 1:
Academic Affairs (AA) signed a three-year partnership with the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) to study faculty job satisfaction in the workplace. The ISU COACHE committee was established to help prepare for survey launch. Survey was administered in Spring 2022 (54% response rate), and COACHE will work work with ISU to interpret and examine results during Fall 2022.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: COACHE survey administered in Spring 2022. Implementation of recommendations 2022-2024
Provost Office Point of Contact: Craig Gatto and Craig McLauchlan
Initiative 2:
Academic Affairs is working in collaboration with HR to develop a draft exit survey for faculty. Next step is to gather feedback from multiple stakeholders and develop a process for collecting these data.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Under development
Provost Office Point of Contact: Craig Gatto
Initiative 3:
The staff success workgroup, formed in fall 2021 to explore the needs of staff in the Division, has developed a survey for staff in Academic Affairs to gather their pulse and job satisfaction in the workplace.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Survey was expanded to all Divisions and was administered Spring 2022. Academic Affairs response rate was 61.5%. Implementation of recommendations 2022-2024.
Provost Office Point of Contact: Craig Gatto
- 2.2 Advocate for access to disaggregated data for student and faculty success
Initiative 1:
Working with PRPA to develop PowerBI reports that will provide units the ability to apply a wide variety of filters to analyze variables related to unit and program excellence. This will provide units the ability to disaggregate the data along many different dimensions. Examples of dashboard report projects currently being developed include DFW Rates and Retention Rates.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Ongoing
Provost Office Point of Contact: Jana Albrecht (with Angela Engel and Rachel Hart, VPFP)
- 2.3 Intentionally and efficiently use data to make informed decisions
Initiative 1:
Working with PRPA and URC to review faculty salary, per Senate's 5-year plan.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Review completed and findings presented to Faculty Caucus on May 4, 2022.
Provost Office Point of Contact: Roberta Trites
Initiative 2:
Working with PRPA to develop a data infrastructure to monitor faculty retention across cohorts.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Ongoing
Provost Office Point of Contact: Craig Gatto
Initiative 3:
Begin work on the Data Literacy Institute through the APLU Powered by Publics Initiative.
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Team assembled by fall 2022. Full implementation fall 2024.
Provost Office Point of Contact: Amy Hurd, Adam Peck, Cooper Cutting, Erin Thomas
- 2.4 Integrate existing data sources to support students, faculty, staff, and programs
Initiative 1:
Developing a data hub to provide units with a one-stop shop for data related to metrics that measure student, faculty, staff, and program success
Actual or Anticipated Completion Date: Initial roll out Spring 2023, with additional reports added on ongoing basis
Provost Office Point of Contact: Cooper Cutting (with Angela Engel, Rachel Hart VPFP)