CIC co-sponsored, with the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), two workshops this fall on the use of comparative data in institutional decision-making. The Data and Decisions Workshops, held September 25-27 in Denver, CO and October 9-11 in St. Charles, IL (near Chicago), included 50 two- and three-person institutional teams. The workshops were subsidized by a grant AIR received from the National Center for Education Statistics.
     The workshops assisted college and university leaders in making strategic decisions based on targeted information about their own institutions and up-to-date information about peer institutions. As with the pilot workshop on this topic held in December 2002, these workshops were filled to capacity. CIC and AIR expect to hold one such workshop each year for the next several years.
     Participants at the September 25-27 workshop included Assumption College (MA), Azusa Pacific University (CA), Bellarmine University (KY), Central Methodist College (MO), Chaminade University (HI), Charleston Southern University (SC), Dana College (NE), Drury University (MO), Elms College (MA), Fresno Pacific University (CA), Goshen College (IN), Gwynedd-Mercy College (PA), Heritage College (WA), Huston-Tillotson College (TX), Illinois Wesleyan University, Loras College (IA), Philadelphia University (PA), Robert Morris University (PA), Saint Leo University (FL), Saint Martin’s College (WA), Schreiner University (TX), Southwestern University (TX), University of St. Thomas (TX), and University of the Incarnate Word (TX).
     October 9-11 workshop participants included Adelphi University (NY), Bethel College (MN), Bluffton College (OH), Campbellsville University (KY), Capital University (OH), Columbia College (SC), Huntington College (IN), Judson College (IL), King College (TN), Lewis University (IL), Manchester College (IN), Medaille College (NY), Millikin University (IL), Mount St. Mary’s College and Seminary (MD), Saint Xavier University (IL), St. Ambrose University (IA), Tennessee Wesleyan College, Tri-State University (IN), Unity College (ME), University of Charleston (WV), University of St. Francis (IL), Wesley College (DE), William Woods University (MO), and Wilson College (PA).

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