Research and Presentations

OIRA regularly conducts research project for the campus and presents the findings. Presentations made at regional and national conferences are also posted here.

Faculty and Staff

• Advising Loads at CCSU, Fall 2005 – Spring 2010 (2010)
• Salaries of Full-Time Faculty in New England and the Mid-Atlantic (restricted to CCSU faculty and staff due to copyright)
  • Fall 2009 (March 2010)
  • Fall 2008 (March 2009)
  • Fall 2007 (March 2008)
• Demographic Distributions of Full-Time Faculty and Non-Faculty Employees at CCSU Fall 1993-08 (2009)
• Non-Instructional Load Credits of CCSU Full-Time Faculty 2007-08 (2008)
• Analysis of Student-Faculty Ratios, 1993-94 to 2007-08 (2007)
• Satisfaction of Faculty and Staff - Noel Levitz College Employee Satisfaction Survey Results (2007 and 2008)

Higher Education and Assessment

• Net Price Calculator Requirement:  Implementation Issues (NEAIR, 2010) slides (pdf) (pptx)
• Academic Advising Quality Metrics from the National Survey of Student Engagement (2010)
• Net Price Calculator Requirement (ConnAIR, 2010) I handout I screenshot I (pptx)
• Time on Test, Student Motivation, and Performance on the Collegiate Learning Assessment: Implications for Institutional Accountability
  (AIR, 2010) paper | handout | slides (pdf) (pptx)
• Increase in Degree Production Needed at CCSU to Meet Obama Administration Completion Goals (2010)
• SAT Scores in Connecticut in 2008 by Race/Ethnicity (2009)
• Institutional and Student Characteristics that Predict Retention and Graduation Rates (NEAIR, 2008) paper | sildes (pdf) (pptx)
• The Tension Between Student Persistence and Institutional Retention (AIR, 2008) paper | slides (pdf) (pptx)
• Demographic Change Related to the College-Bound Population (2008) pdf | pptx
• Strategic Priorities Survey Results (2008)
• How to Conduct an Institutional Effectiveness Audit of Administrative Units (NEAIR, 2007)
• Higher Education Funding and State Government (2007) pdf | ppt

Students

• Change in Total Headcount Enrollment, Enrollment of Full-Time First-Time Students, Mean High School Rank, One‐Year Retention Rates, and Six‐Year Graduation Rates 1991-2008 (2010)
• Report on Focus Groups with Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Year Students with a High Probability of Graduating (2010)
• Credits Earned and Grade Point Averages as Predictive Factors for Full-Time, First-Time Students to Graduate in Six Years (2009)
• Updates on Graduation and Retention Rates of Full-Time, First-Time Students (2009) pdf | pptx
• Effects of Parents' Education, Family Income, and First Semester GPA on Six-Year Graduation Rates (ConnAIR, 2009)
• National Survey of Student Engagement Results of Persisting First-Year Students and Non-Persisting First-Year Students (2009)
• Facts about First-Year Students at CCSU (2009) pdf | pptx
• Programmatic and Gender Differences in Graduation and Retention Rates (2008)
• New Undergraduate Students, Undeclared Majors, and Major Changes (2008)
• Effects of Student Success, Parents' Education, and Family Income on Graduation Rates (2008)
• Educational Loan Debt of Bachelor’s Degree Recipients at CCSU
  • 2012 Report
  • 2011 Report
  • 2010 Report
  • 2009 Report
  • 2008 Report
• Persistence to Graduation for Transfer and “Native” Students: A Case Study (AIR, 2008) pdf | pptx
• Graduation Rates and Student Success (2008)
• Analysis of Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement 
  • 2009 report
  • 2008 report
  • 2007 report
• Time To Degree Completion Report
  • 2009 Report
  • 2008 Report
  • 2007 Report