Accomplishments: Office of Decision Support
John “Skip” Crooker and Qingmin Shi (both Decision Support), in collaboration with Celeste Calkins (Illinois State University), published an empirical study in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, titled “Examining the Relationship Between Grading Leniency and Reliability During the COVID Shock.” The study investigates how faculty…
Shiloh Fling, Qingmin Shi, and Tina Nelson (all Decision Support) recently presented their research at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum in Orlando, Florida. Their presentation, titled “Enhancing Learning with Canvas Engagement and Course Evaluation Data,” explored how undergraduate students’…
Qingmin Shi (Decision Support) and Keith Rogers (Student Affairs) co-presented From Silos to Solutions: Unifying Data Systems to Promote Student Success at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR).
Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), Shaoan Zhang (Teaching and Learning), Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), along with UNLV alumna Chengcheng Li (Ph.D., 2021) and Tiberio Garza (Florida International University), recently presented their research at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) in Denver, Colorado. Their study,…
John “Skip” Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, and Ashley Guyer (all Decision Support) recently delivered three iPoster presentations at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) in Denver, CO.
The presentations explored data-informed approaches to advancing academic performance and student success…
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) won the won the Charles F. Elton Best Paper Award…
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) published a study, "Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit…
John "Skip" Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, Ashley Guyer, Kanikka Wofford, and Joy Mariscal (all Decision Support) recently delivered three presentations at the annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum.
One presentation, co-presented by Drum, Wofford, and Mariscal, titled "Collaborative Efforts to Build…
The Office of Decision Support was recognized as the third place winner of the SAS Innovative Problem Solvers award for their efforts in building the new MSI Equity Dashboard. This dashboard was created in collaboration with the MSI Data and Assessment Subcommittee as a way to support UNLV Top Tier 2.0 Strategic Planning goals…
The Office of Decision Support has been recognized as the third place winner of the 2024 SAS Recognition Awards in the category of Innovate Problem Solver. This work is related to the MSI Equity Dashboard that is now available in UNLVAnalytics. Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Rogers, Joy Mariscal, Nikolina Pender, and Kanikka Wofford…
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…