Events
Extension: CIRPA Conference 2024 Call for Proposals
The deadline to submit proposals for the 2024 CIRPA Conference is extended to May 24, in acknowledgement of work pressures. Session proposals from new presenters are strongly encouraged! Please also pass this message along to IR colleagues who may not currently be members of CIRPA, and who would benefit from the opportunity to present to their professional peers.
CIRPA-ACPRI invites you to submit a proposal to present at our upcoming conference, October 20-23, 2024 – Students of data, data serving students This year’s conference focuses on how data can be used to help students achieve.
The conference will be held in-person, at the Fredericton Convention Centre, located in the historic heart of downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick.
We welcome all submissions relevant to the profession of Institutional Research and Planning (IRP), including proposals from professionals in the field of IRP. This includes colleagues at provincial, regional and federal agencies, other associations and organizations, as well as individual scholars with research interests in post-secondary education issues.
The submission guidelines and review criteria can be found here and the proposal template are linked here. Please complete all proposals using the template provided.
Submissions are encouraged to align with the conference theme and one or more of the topic areas below and should include realized or potential outcomes (i.e. how research has affected or will affect change?):
Action Enablers – This stream covers how an institution or IR team has transformed data to be used broadly to facilitate student success. Emphasis should be on the data transformation process and how the resulting information was put into decision-makers hands. Presenters are encouraged to share experiences in leveraging data from diverse sources to create unique insights.
From Start to Finish – Strategic enrolment management (SEM) is a core to institutional stability. How do we determine how many students we can accommodate? What resources are needed to deliver quality educational experiences? How do we incorporate both qualitative and quantitative aspects? What data-based practices has your institution implemented to maximize graduation rates, reduce attrition and facilitate student engagement? This is an opportunity to present and discuss methods and models for success. How do we map the entire student journey from student surveys to modelling in R?
Eliminating Silos – Often, institutional silos can create barriers to actioning data in service of student success. This stream discusses how data and information have been used at our member institutions to unite various departments (Recruitment, Registrars, Student Service, Institutional Research, etc.) in service of student success. Further topics to consider are partnerships between postsecondary institutions to track student outcomes.
Forecasting Success – In this track, we ask questions such as: how early is early intervention? We will discuss data-based actions to provide support to students. What data is needed to enable success? Models used to forecast retention, graduation and overall positive student outcomes. Presenters are encouraged to demonstrate how they incorporated data from sources such as student surveys into their forecasting activities.
The deadline to submit a proposal(s) is May 24, 2024. Submit your proposal via email to the Programming Committee vicepresident@cirpa-acpri.ca.
We hope you will join us for the CIRPA-ACPRI conference this October!
Sincerely,
Stephen Blair Dove
2024 Program Chair
University of New Brunswick
Emily Clyde-Parry Yaroszko
2024 Local Arrangements Co-Chair
University of Manitoba
David Kilfoil
2024 Local Arrangements Co-Chair
University of New Brunswick
May 3rd: Webinar – Unexpected Applications: Leveraging Our New Survey Platform to Enhance UCN’s Strategic & Operational Capabilities
Date: May 3, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM PDT/ 1:00PM CST/ 2:00EST
Link: Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UqywWnzRxqXS-OPLZJkoA)
Please join the colleagues from University College of the North (UCN) next Friday, on May 3 for their presentation that won the Best Presentation Award at the 2023 CIRPA Conference in Winnipeg. The team will also attend the Association for Institutional Research conference in Denver where they will present their session:
UCN recently changed course evaluation survey systems. The new system offered additional capabilities, some eagerly anticipated, others unexpected. Institutional Analysis & Planning (IA&P) has leveraged these capabilities to streamline operational processes and add new feedback loops that were previously not practical. By leveraging Qualtrics’ dynamic features and functions, we have gone from a data collection system to a platform that offers advanced analysis, reporting, and workflow. This presentation will delve into the unexpected uses of survey platforms and explore how they can be effectively employed to improve operational aspects and support strategic initiatives at a post-secondary institution.
Please click on the link below to register for this event – registration is open to full and limited members as well:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UqywWnzRxqXS-OPLZJkoA
We hope to see you then,
Matthew Hack,
Chair, CIRPA Professional Development Committee
Registration open: CIRPA Artificial Intelligence Forum
Registration for CIRPA-ACPRI’s Higher Education Artificial Intelligence Forum is now open! The event will feature expert speakers and participant discussions that covers fundamentals and best practices of AI/NLP with a focus on practical use cases to enhance the ways you interact with data.
Click here to register: CIRPA’s Higher Education Artificial Intelligence Forum
The forum will feature two expert speakers in Dr. Jason Simon and Dr. Simon Bates:
Dr. Jason Simon serves as Associate Vice President of Data, Analytics and Institutional Research (DAIR) at the University of North Texas. He leads a comprehensive enterprise-wide data warehouse team of 13 that brings together data sources from across campus to promote data informed decision making. With his 30 years of experience in higher education, he is a frequent speaker at local, regional, and national conferences on data, analytics, AI/NLP, and institutional culture.
Dr. Simon Bates is a multi-award-winning Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UBC Vancouver, who also serves as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning. His work in the area of technology-led educational enhancement and research, spanning some 20 years, has centered around three basic questions: How well are the courses we teach helping students learn? How might we improve upon these outcomes? How will we know that we have?
Note: An active paid membership in CIRPA is required for this event. Non-Members can purchase a membership which will run until June 2024. Information regarding membership can be found here: https://cirpa-acpri.ca/about/membership/
Save the date April 9th: CIRPA Artificial Intelligence Forum
Mark your calendars on April 9th (1:00 – 4:30 pm EST) for CIRPA-ACPRI’s Higher Education Artificial Intelligence Forum, featuring expert speakers and participant discussions that covers fundamentals and best practices of AI/NLP with a focus on practical use cases to enhance the ways you interact with data.
Regardless of how you view AI, this forum will help you think more critically about these tools and what they can do for students and institutions.
The forum will feature two expert speakers in Dr. Jason Simon and Dr. Simon Bates:
Dr. Jason Simon serves as Associate Vice President of Data, Analytics and Institutional Research (DAIR) at the University of North Texas. He leads a comprehensive enterprise-wide data warehouse team of 13 that brings together data sources from across campus to promote data informed decision making. With his 30 years of experience in higher education, he is a frequent speaker at local, regional, and national conferences on data, analytics, AI/NLP, and institutional culture.
Dr. Simon Bates is a multi-award-winning Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UBC Vancouver, who also serves as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning. His work in the area of technology-led educational enhancement and research, spanning some 20 years, has centered around three basic questions: How well are the courses we teach helping students learn? How might we improve upon these outcomes? How will we know that we have?
Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and build the success of your institution’s understanding and use of artificial intelligence. Mark your calendars now and stay tuned for more details on this CIRPA-ACPRI members event. We can’t wait to see you there!
Note: An active paid membership in CIRPA is required for this event. Non-Members can purchase a membership which will run until June 2024.