Research
The IE Office identifies, develops, and conducts ongoing research projects to advance collective knowledge about USCA, student performance, and institutional effectiveness.
| Academic Tracking Reports Academic success and retention of various student populations, primarily entering freshmen |
Institutional and Community
Characteristics & Studies Studies about USC Aiken, including focus group research and institutional environment |
| Faculty Results from various surveys on issues of interest to faculty, studies that have been conducted about faculty workload, and salary inequities |
Student Characteristics & Engagement Studies about civic engagement, student learning, and NSSE results |
| Higher Education and Assessment Presentations about higher education, assessment, and institutional research |
Surveys Results from internal and external surveys, including alumni, CIRP Freshman Survey, HERI Faculty Survey, and NSSE |
Academic Tracking Reports
- # 1: First-Year Student Retention Fall 2002 to Spring 2003
- # 2: Academic Success of Transfer Students from Aiken Technical College Fall 2003
- # 3: First-Year Student Retention Fall 2002 to Fall 2003
- # 4: Fall 2004 Undergraduate Academic Performance by Place of Residence
- # 5: Fall 2003 First Year Cohort Retention to Fall 2004
- # 6: Success and Retention of Entering Freshmen With Admission Prerequisite Exceptions (2004 and 2005)
- # 7: Fall 2004 First Year Cohort Retention to Fall 2005
Higher Education and Assessment
- Measuring College Success: The State of Assessment in Higher Education (2005) (text) (slides)
- Delivering Assessment Data Online: The USCA Writing Portfolio (USC Institutional Researchers Quarterly Meeting, March 2005)
- Measuring, Managing, and Communicating Learning Outcomes of General Education. (SAIR, 2005)
- Communicating Assessment Results Online to Promote Curricular Change (SACS,2005)
- Dynamic Delivery: Sharing Learning Outcomes Results Across the University (AIR, 2006)
- How do you know they're engaged if they don't take the survey? Increasing response rates on the National Survey of Student Engagement (SAIR, 2006)
- Did It Promote Quality or Is It Just Another Report? Initial Experiences Using Baldrige Criteria for State Accountability Reports (SAIR, 2006)
- An Approach to Building an Online Data Mart: By GEORGE I Think We've Got It! (SAIR, 2006)
- How Well Does Your Program Review Process Work? Establishing Processes, Outcomes, and Metrics for Institutional Effectiveness (SACS, 2006)
Institutional Characteristics and Studies
- 2011 Technology Needs Survey for Faculty, Staff and Students - University of South Carolina Aiken
- AASCU Graduation Rate Outcomes Study - Campus Self Study: University of South Carolina Aiken (2005)
- Perceptions of USC Aiken's Image, Mission, and Values: Focus Group Research 2005-06 (2006) (text) (slides)
- Perceptions of Administration, Work Load, and Academic and Campus Services at USC Aiken: Focus Group Research 2005-06 (2006) (slides)
- Evaluation of the Administrative Program Review Process at USC Aiken (2006)
- Factors that Attract and Retain Young Professionals in the Greater Area of Aiken County, South Carolina (2007)
- Minority Achievement Program Student Success at USC Aiken (Fall) 2006 | 2007
- South Carolina Public Senior Institutions Degree Completions Comparison to SC Research and Technical Intitutions 2003-2006 (Fall 2007)
- First Pace Program for Provisionally Admitted Students - Effectiveness Study (Spring 2008)
