In January, we shared the news that Dr. Ken Brown, chief academic strategy officer, had taken on a limited-term project with the office of institutional research. Brown's goal was to guide institutional research through a period of transition — all while setting it up as a foundational resource in a new, more data-informed culture. This spring, we introduced the new director … [Read more...] about Next-level Institutional Effectiveness
In January, we wrote about Missouri State's stepped-up approach to building a data-informed culture. Recently, the university gained a great asset in this goal when it named the next leader for the office of institutional research (OIR). Egon Heidendal is now leading institutional effectiveness. We sat down with Heidendal to learn about his background, his vision for the OIR … [Read more...] about Keeping Data Accessible