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Analytic Appraoch To Determining Causes Of Graduate Student Attrition, Cheryl Thompson Mar 2019

Analytic Appraoch To Determining Causes Of Graduate Student Attrition, Cheryl Thompson

Posters and Presentations: State of the Art Nursing Conference

Student data is collected for a variety of uses from application to graduation. Data is most often collected and stored in a fashion that supports single student data retrieval or mass processing of data, for uses such as preparation for graduation. Because of this, retrieving data for use in analytic reports and for problem solving across cohorts of students is often more difficult. Student services staff may have difficulty explaining to technology staff the nuances required to meet their data needs, particularly when multiple individual queries are needed to reach an answer. One such example is identifying the circumstances leading …

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Meaningful Measurement Of Diversity Initiative Outcomes, Cheryl Thompson Mar 2019

Meaningful Measurement Of Diversity Initiative Outcomes, Cheryl Thompson

Posters and Presentations: State of the Art Nursing Conference

Diversification of students graduating from Nebraska colleges and schools of nursing is essential to providing a diverse healthcare workforce. Diversity related strategic plans typically include goals expressed using terms such as “increase”, “improve”, or “enhance” the diversity of their applicant pools or graduates. Less common is the practice of providing specific quantitative goals for setting or measuring progress towards expressed goals. This session will demonstrate a method for evaluating current diversity of students or graduates, setting concrete, measurable goals or benchmarks, and evaluating the outcome of diversity initiatives. Participants will take home a detailed tool for determining if recruitment, admission, …

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Asking Before Accessing, Jennifer Baumert, Carly Hornig Mar 2019