Publications and presentations
- Researching the Different Effects of Tuition Policies that Impact Enrollment(chapter in (Valcik & Johnson (eds), NY: Taylor & Francis, 2018)
- (August 2017)
- (August 2016)
- New Directions for Institutional Research Special Issue: Methodological Advances and Issues in Studying College Impact (December 2014)
- (November 2014)
- (Summer 2011)
- (June 2011)
- (Spring 2010)
- (March 2010)
- (December 2008)
- (January 2008)
- (November 2007)
- (September 2007)
- (November 2006)
- University Business article (January 2009)
- (December 2005). Key study selected by US Gov't Accountability Office to inform national financial aid policy: Page 86 .
- WASC Senior College and University Commission: President's Keynote Address at California AIR Conference, November 2018
- WASC Senior College and University Commission and Predictive Analytics (Spring 2016 - ongoing)
- What Does A Student Loan Buy You? , July 27, 2012.
- University Retention Rates Hold Steady As States Balance Access with Success. , April 15, 2011.
- Managing Talent: HCM and Higher Education. , October 2010, Vol. 24 Number 2, pp. 36-42.
- From Data to Information: Business Intelligence and Its Role in Higher Education Today. University Business Magazine, January 2009, pp. 25-27.
- (September 2008)
- Chronicle of Higher Education article (Nov 13, 2008)
- Estimating the influence of financial aid on student retention (January 2008)
- Chronicle of Higher Education article (Jan 21, 2008)
- The Effect of High School Attended on Academic Preparation and Retention of College Freshmen (November 2006)
- AAIR Best Presentation From Descriptive Reports to Actionable Predictive Business Intelligence: How to Enhance Institutional Productivity in the Age of 'Big Data' (July 2018, AAIR 'Best Presentation' award)
- RMAIR Best Paper Financial Aid and College Persistence: Do Student Loans Help or Hurt? (AIR 2015 invited presentation)
- PACAIR Best Presentation Predicting and Benchmarking Institutional Retention and Graduation Rates using IPEDS and WSCUC GRD Data" (AIR 2018 invited presentation)
- CAIR Best Paper Financial Aid and Student Retention: Gauging Causality in Discrete-Choice Propensity Score-Matching Models (AIR 2008 invited presentation)
- RMAIR Best Paper Does High School Attended Matter in Measuring Academic Preparation and the Risk Propensity of Student Departure? (AIR 2005 invited presentation)
- CAIR Best Paper Measuring Determinants of Student Return vs. Transfer vs. Stopout vs. Dropout: A First-to-Second Year Analysis of New Freshmen (AIR 2004 invited presentation)
The ΒιΆΉΣ³» compared to other Institutions: Selected data briefs
- Institutional Comparisons: IPEDS Data Feedback Report 2007 (November 2007)
- Percentage Growth of Land Grant and Other Selected Universities from 1998 to 2003 (August 2005)
Presentations: Leveraging 'Big Data' and BI Visualization to Enhance Performance Benchmarking (November 2019)
Is Classroom Diversity Related to Student Retention and Success? Findings from Two Universities (November 2018)
WASC Workshop - Putting Data Analytics to Work: Enhancing Institutional Productivity in the Age of Big Data (October 2018)
- From Descriptive Reports to Actionable Predictive Business Intelligence: How to Enhance Institutional Productivity in the Age of 'Big Data' (July 2018, AAIR 'Best Presentation' award)
- Moving the Needle on Benchmarking Institutional Outcomes for Accreditation/Quality Audit, Strategic Planning, Program Review, and Post-Graduation Student Outcome Assessment (July 2018)
- Toward a Better Benchmark: Demonstrating Retention and Graduation Rate Success With IPEDS and WSCUC GRD Data (April 2018)
- Keynote Panel: Academic Momentum and Adelman's Toolbox Studies [Conference Presentations & Evaluation) (November 2017)
- Does Summer Enrollment Improve College Success for Fall-Entry Freshmen? (October 2017)
- Prediction Models for Retention and Graduation Rates Using IPEDS and WSCUC GRD Data (AIR, May 2017)
- A Prediction Model for Retention and Graduation Rates Using IPEDS and WSCUC GRD Data (April 2017)
- Predicting Institutional Retention and Graduation Rates Using IPEDS and WSCUC GRD Data (November 2016)
- Achieving Hispanic-Serving Institution Status (October 2016)
- AIR Impact Session: Dollars and Data Points - Collaboration Between IR and Business Officers (May 2016)
- AIR Forum 2016 Workshop: Predictive Analytics for Student Retention (May 2016)
- How Not to Rely on Student Self-Reports: Estimating Classroom Diversity Effects (May 2016)
- WASC ARC Workshop: A Primer on Analytics in Higher Education (April 2016)
- Faculty Workload During the Great Recession (October 2015)
- Preparing for the Future: Producing a High-Impact Analysis to Guide Strategic Planning (October 2015)
- Financial Aid and College Persistence: Do Student Loans Help or Hurt? (May 2015)
- Predicting College Success: The Relative Value of Test Scores (February 2015)
- Academic Support Services & Student Success. Do They Make a Difference? (September 2014)
- Gauging the Impact of Academic Support Programs (November 2013)
- The Predictive Value of the ACT© Test Score (February 2013)
- Identifying At-Risk Students to Raise Retention and Revenues (May 2013)
- Washoe County School District Data Summit: High School to College Transition (December 2010)
- Gauging the Impact of Studying Abroad On Academic Success (October 2010)
- What High School Curricular Experience Pathways Tell Us ΒιΆΉΣ³» College Preparation and Success (May 2010)
- Campus Climate, Diversity and Educational Benefits (May 2010)
- What High School Curricular Experience Tells Us ΒιΆΉΣ³» College Success (November 2009)
- Addressing Gaps in Research On First-Year Success (October 2008)
- The Ecology of Learning: The Impact of Classroom Features and Utilization On Student Academic Success (May 2008)
- Applied Multilevel Analysis - An Introduction to Hierarchical Linear Modeling Using SPSS (May 2008)
- Phi Kappa Phi - Class of 2008 Profile (April 2008)
- Financial Aid and Student Retention (November 2007)
- UNR Undergraduate Degree Recipients: A TenβYear Profile (Spring 2007)
- Diversity and Educational Benefits: A Solid Link Or An Article of Faith? Moving Beyond Self-Reported Data AIR (October 2006)
- Enhancing User Friendly Access. to Data for Institutional Assessment AIR (May 2006)
- Expanding Toolsets for Prediction Analysis Using Larger Datasets With Many Variables(March 2006)
- Do Large-Scale, State-Funded Merit Scholarship Programs Promote Access and Retention?(February 2006)
- Financial Aid, College Access, and the Millennium Scholarship Impact (January 2006)
- A K-16 Collaborative Approach to Meeting the Challenge of Academic Preparedness in a High Growth Environment (January 2006)
- Impact of Proposed Admission Requirements (November 2005)
- Measuring the Need for Remediation Among New Freshman: Reflecting on Ten Years of Data (October 2005)
- Salary Equity Analysis at the ΒιΆΉΣ³» (August 2005)
- The ΒιΆΉΣ³» Millennium Scholarship, Part One: Impact on Student Access and Success at the State's Land-Grant University (May 2005)
- The ΒιΆΉΣ³» Millennium Scholarship, Part Two: Impact on Student Access and Success at the State's Land-Grant University (May 2005)
- Online Data Publishing for Institutional Analysis Using SPSS Smartviewer: Presentation for Association for Institutional Research Conference (May 2005)
- Academic Preparation of New Freshmen and the Influence of High School Attended: Update of a 2004 Study (March 2005)
- Second-Year Dropout Risk of New Freshmen and the Influence of High School Attended: Update of a 2004 Study (March 2005)
- Online Data Publishing for Institutional Analysis (February 2005)
- Does High School Attended Matter when Measuring Academic Preparation of New Freshman? (November 2004)
- Does High School Attended Matter when Measuring the Risk Propensity of Student Departure? (October 2004)
- Measuring the Impact of Student Engagement on Freshman Retention: The Contribution of NSSE Data in Multivariate Analysis (September 2004)
- Getting Customized Institutional Research Data to Faculty (June 2004)
- 6 Year Graduation Rates (June 2004)
- Measuring Determinants of Student Return vs. Dropout/Stopout vs. Transfer: A First-to-Second Year Analysis of New Freshmen (May 2004)
- Retention Study: Executive Summary (Spring 2004) Doctoral Time-to-Degree (October 2001)
- Key Academic Indicators of New Full-Time Freshmen by Ethnicity/Race and Parent Income (Fall 2000 - 2003 cohorts) (March 2006)
- Doctoral Elapsed Time-to-Degree (February 2006)
- New Freshmen Application-to-Enrollment Statistics by Ethnicity (August 2005)
- Percentage Growth of Land Grant and Other Selected Universities from 1998 to 2003 (August 2005)
- Retention and Graduation of Master's Students, Fall 2003 to Fall 2004 (August 2005)
- New Freshman Retention F03 to F04 by Ethnicity and Location