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…

Qingmin Shi, John Crooker, Christina Drum, and Brent Drake (all Decision Support) authored a paper that has been named a Charles F. Elton Best Paper by the Association for Institutional Research. The paper, titled "Investigation of the Effect of First-Year Seminars on Student Success," was presented at the 2019 AIR Forum and will be published…

Kristine Jan C. Espinoza and Blanca Rincón (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Lawrence Letourneau (Academic Enrichment and Outreach), Judd Harbin (Student Affairs), and Brent M. Drake (Decision Support) have received a $10,000 research grant award from APIA Scholars to fund a research project entitled, “Oceania in the Desert:…

Brent M. Drake (Decision Support) recently published the chapter "Momentum Stoppers and Equity Blockers. The Implications of Gateway Courses for Students at Their Transfer-Receiving Institutions" with his co-author Andrew K. Koch in the book The Transfer Expecrience: A Handbook for Creating a More Equitable and Successful Postsecondary…

Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), along with Robin Cresiski (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sandip Thanki and Lori Navarrete (both Nevada State College), recently published an article “Undergraduate Research at a Teaching-Oriented College: Seniors’ Perspectives and Approaches to Consider” in the Journal of the Scholarship of…

John "Skip" Crooker, Brent Drake, Celeste Calkins, and Qingmin Shi (all Decision Support) recently presented at the annual Association for Institutional Research Forum. Crooker, Shi, and Drake presented “A Synthetic-Control Method for Estimating the Impact of 15-to-Finish." Crooker, Calkins, and Shi presented “Forward-Looking Model Predicting STEM…

Celeste Calkins, John "Skip" Crooker, and Qingmin Shi (all Decision Support) won the RMAIR 2020 Best Presentation for their recent presentation, “Instructors’ Grading Practices and Student Evaluations of Teaching”, at the annual virtual conference of the Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research (RMAIR). This presentation examines…