Helpful Links and Resources

The following is a list of electronic resources utilized by our office at various times throughout the reporting year to remain current on changing requirements and policies, as well as IR best practices.  Those that have an available listserv are noted with an (*).

• IPEDS *
• College Navigator
• IPEDS Data Center
• IPEDS State Data Center
• NCES School District Demographic System (SDDS)
• NCES Data Lab (Power Stats and Quick Stats)
• NCES Library Comparison
• NCES Publications and Products
  
• IPEDS Digest of Education Statistics
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS-COC)
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (TheCB) *
• Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT) *
• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)*
  • University and College Accountability Network (UCAN)
• Carnegie Classifications
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP Codes)
• Common Data Set Initiative (CDS)*
  • UIW Common Data Sets
• Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) *
• Data Quality Campaign
• Higher Education Data Warehousing Forum *
• Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) – Dear Colleague Letters
• Lonestar Education & Research Network (LEARN)
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) *
• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) *
• National Student Clearinghouse
• National Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
• San Antonio Education Partnership (SAEP)
• Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
• Southern Education Foundation (SEF) *
• Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
• Texas A&M Assessment Conference *
• Texas Workforce Commission
• Texas Association of Institutional Research (TAIR) *
• Southern Association of Institutional Research (SAIR) *
• Association for Institutional Research (AIR)*
  • Web-Based IR Resources
• Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO) *
• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) *

University-Level Assessments and Surveys

• CoursEval
• Noel-Levitz
• National Survey of Student Engagement
• ModernThink (Chronicle’s Great Places to Work)

External Surveys and Information

The following provides listing for external surveys with UIW reported information.

• U.S. News and World Report
• Peterson’s
• College Board
• Wintergreen
• ACT
• AAUP/CUPA
• CGS/GRE
• College Access & Opportunity Guide
• NSF-NIH

Products utilized by UIW Institutional Research

• Tableau Software
• ZogoTech

 

Last updated:  July 11, 2011