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Office of Decision Support News

The Office of Decision Support is responsible for supporting the University leadership in its commitment to accountability and evidence-based decision making.

Current Decision Support News

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Campus News |

Academic leaders remove enrollment barriers, expand regional recruitment efforts, and improve communication through personalized support.

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Campus News |

The program is a two-year pilot initiative that uses various strategies to help diversify the recruitment process for academic and administrative faculty positions.

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People |

The administrative assistant in decision support stands out for her unflappable charm and ability to tackle challenges.

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Campus News |

Some courses find themselves in unfamiliar environments as the logistics of social distancing require in-person classes get creative with their spaces.

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Campus News |

Understanding How to interpret some key metrics in enrollment numbers.UNLV's retention and graduation rates.

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Campus News |

Graduation is the ultimate sign of student achievement and the ultimate measure of accountability for a university.

Recent Decision Support Accomplishments

A UNLV collaborative team from the Office of Decision Support and the Graduate College, led by Nikolina Pender, the director of Graduate Data Analysis & Assessment, presented a paper at a national convening by the Gardner Institute. The conference, titled "The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning Graduate School So That Every Student…
Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) and Nikolina Pender (Decision Support) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to assist with expansion of the national CGS survey that collects information on graduate enrollment, retention, progression, and completion. The $75,000 grant was awarded…
Skip Crooker (Decision Support), along with Aju Fenn (Colorado College), have published a paper titled, "The Dollar Value of an NFL Rivalry." The analysis within the paper quantifies the dollar value of a divisional rivalry between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers by asking survey respondents how much they would be…
Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), along with Robin Cresiski (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sandip Thanki (Nevada State College), and Lori Navarrete (Nevada State College), have published an article titled, “Unlocking Undergraduate Student Success: A Study of High-Impact Practices in a Comprehensive and Diverse College,” in the Journal…
Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), Shaoan Zhang (Education), Anthony Ferrar (Engineering), and Qingmin Shi (Decision Support) were awarded a research and development grant of $499,969 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant supports the HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project, which has a primary objective of enhancing and expanding the…
John "Skip" Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, and Ashley Guyer (all Decision Support) recently presented three scholarly papers at the annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum. One of our presentations, co-presented by Crooker, Shi, Guyer, "Student Involvement: Does it bridge the equity gap in student success?," was…