UMD in Johannesburg: Global Partnerships- Staff Travel Grant to South

Africa

Project Timeline

February 2014 Grant opportunity announced by OIAInitial plans proposed to IRPA management

Project Timeline

March 2015 Contact to University of JohannesburgSupport letter received and application submitted

Project Timeline

April 2015 Grant awarded by OIA

Project Timeline

April 2014– Planning, planning, and more planning March 2015

Project Timeline

March 16– Trip to South Africa March 26, 2015

Project Timeline

March 2015– Drafting final report and presentation planning Current

OutcomesOther Major

TakeawaysPhotos

Proposed Outcome 1:

Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR

professionals

Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR

professionals

Met with Institutional

Research and Planning Unit

(decision support within the institution)

Longevity on campus increase perceptions of reliability of data

Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR

professionals

Met with Head of Unit for Academic Planning (high level institutional

policy perspective)

Collaboration across campus depends on

engaging leaders and utilizing multiple

perspectives on an issue

Enhanced strategies for engaging and steering campus‐wide student success initiatives as IR

professionals

Met with Council for Higher

Education (top level perspective

in HE more broadly)

Perception of a supportive role

increases campus use of data

Proposed Outcome 2: Mutually developed recommendations for

influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Met with staff from the

Office of the Registrar (decision

support within the institution)

Buy-in on campus to

improve data quality and

timeliness of data entry

Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Met with Head of Unit for Academic

Planning (top level

perspective in HE more broadly)

Using HEMIS data and

population to plan new

institutions to improve student

access and success

Proposed Outcome 3: Knowledge sharing of best practices for

institutional data collection using survey data and data

warehousing tools

Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Met with Institutional

Research and Planning Unit

(within the institution)

“Training” the campus

to read survey data

Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Met with SAAIR

(outside the

institution)

Collaboration with fellow IR

professionals

Mutually developed recommendations for influencing national data collection of student success metrics as IR professionals

Planned meeting

with University

of Cape Town

Avoid student protests,

unless you support their perspective.

Other Major Takeaways: Cultural

Region

Race

Language

Gender

SES

AgePolitics

Other Major Takeaways: Educational

Institutional mission

Students vs. staff

“Open” enrollment

Student life

Access

Diploma types

Preparation levels

University of Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Cape Town

Visits, Visitors, and UCT

Thank you!

University of MarylandOffice of International Affairs

Office of Institutional Research, Planning, & Assessment