The “Dashboard” Project:Empowering Faculty to Improve
Student Success
Jim Luke,Professor Economics, Lansing Community College
STEMtech Forum Presentation Indianapolis, Oct. 4, 2011
http://econproph.com/presentations/
In the Beginning…an idea…
• ATD
• AQUIP – HLC
• Program Review
A Student Success Dashboard!
Or maybe not.
From Dashboard to OLAP Cubes
Faculty• Key: drill down and
exploration• Flexible over fast • Don’t know what they
want
How Does This
Thing Work?
Tech Details
• Banner
• Argos from Evisions
• “Static” Banded Reports• Data Cubes (OLAP)• Nightly Refresh
• Windows, IE, ASP only
What Can LCC’s “Cube” Do?
Slice and dice just about everything we have.
Think pivot table attached to data warehouse.
Work-In-Process
ProgramSuccess
StudentSuccess
What are we doing with it?
Closing the Loop: Process
PQIP: Program Quality Improvement Process
Elements of PQIP
Data Faculty
AnalysisProjectsCollaboration
Conversations
Data
Con
vers
atio
ns
ProjectsC
on
versation
s
Quality Improvement
Past PQIP with Cube
EvaluationProgram SuccessBenchmarksEnrollmentData GatheringSnapshots4 Year Cycle
ImprovementStudent SuccessTrendsCompletion MetricsData AnalysisStreamsAnnual Cycle
Faculty = difference in student success.
If we have the tools and
change what we do.
Economics
• 201/202 Success Rate:– 70-72%
• Drill down to sections– Bi-modal 84’s+ vs. 40-50’s
• Conversation in Program– Mentoring & sharing
• Hiring
Mathematics Program
• Modified Spring Schedule
• New H.S. grad req kicked in
Management Course
• Semi-independent study course
• High W’s • Pattern:
– Low placement test scores initially
• Adjust– Pre-req– Move to hybrid or
groups
Hard Part
Trust Sharing Collaborating Engagement Culture Change
Future Developments
• Other data:– ACT scores– Geographic & Census– IDEA
• Statistical/predictive tools
• Critical Success Factors Indicators
• Access off-campus
Contact Us
lcc.eduJim Luke at:
[email protected] cell+text@econproph on twitter.
Jason Mayland, Director [email protected]
Stephanie Shanblatt, [email protected]