SEPC Research Initiatives |
Status on March 10 |
1. ACT EIS to study Southern Miss’s visibility and competition for traditional new freshmen |
Waiting on list to generate queries; need to invite mtg participants |
2. High school projections – WICHE, others such as MS Department of Education, Census Bureau IHL |
Assigned to Michelle |
3. Workforce needs analyses to project academic demands |
Assigned to Ann |
4. Check to see how the Geography department can help with 2 and 3 above |
Emailed bill to update on status of this task |
5. Southern Miss brand image studies – college bound students, parents, counselors. community colleges, adults, employers |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5a. College bound students |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5b. Parents |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5c. High school Counselors |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5d. Community colleges |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5e. Adults |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
5f. Employers |
Gathering participant information; need to update instruments |
6. Check with Marketing to see what is out there |
Assigned to JP |
7. Competition studies – Clearinghouse and others such as lost inquiries and admits |
Assigned to JP |
8. Lost admitted students study -- Clearinghouse |
Assigned to JP |
9. Reasons you are losing admits – College Board ASQ |
Under advisement by Jim |
10. Competition communication study |
Assigned to Allyson |
11. Academic program overlap study |
Assigned to Kristi |
12. Price sensitivity study |
NEXT YEAR |
13. SSI to study student satisfaction and importance |
Rec'd instruments; first round to be distributed 3/24 |
14. Increase NSSE sample size to study student engagement |
8.77% response rate at present (better than last year) |
15. Student attrition research |
Assigned to Michelle |
16. Incoming characteristics of students who succeeds and who don’t succeed |
Assigned to Kristi |
17. Academic program capacity study |
Emailed bill to update on status of this task |
18. Analysis of student flows into majors and courses |
In progress |
19. Costs of serving different student populations |
In progress |
20. Enrollment projection scenarios |
on |
1. Recent student enrollment funnel statistics |
Assign to Peter |
2. Characteristics of admitted students |
Assigned to Michelle |
3. Student review report |
Assigned to Ann |
4. Traditional undergraduate student retention and graduation statistics |
Assign to Peter |
5. NSSE (small samples) to study student engagement |
Assigned to Allyson |
6. Graduating student survey |
Assigned to Kristi |
7. Alumni survey |
Waiting on data |
8. Pilot study of withdrawn students – Education-Psychology |
Waiting on data |
9. Cost of programs analyses from fiscal |
Waiting on data |
10. Godwin Group Analysis |
Assigned to Allyson |
11. Paul Sims Capstone Project |
Assigned to Ann |