Transforming Academic Program Evaluation & Management
Dive deep into data to inform and energize institutional strategy.
Harness data to transform your institution.
As a higher education leader, you are faced with pressing challenges every day, including explaining the value of your college’s education, strategizing for enrollment growth, and ensuring the skills taught in your curriculum will map to successful student employment outcomes. How do you address these challenges to foster growth at your institution?
Join this discussion on how data can be harnessed in a systematic way to help you and your leadership team make informed and agile decisions that engage your academic, administrative, governance, and operational teams through a transparent and often transformative management process.
With AASCU peers, you will engage in a highly interactive and immersive learning experience to explore academic program evaluation and management, including market demand, program economics, predictive and analytical data tools, and a process to engage and maintain the integrity of your institution’s academic portfolio.
Who should participate?
- Provosts
- Assistant provosts
- Associate provosts
- Vice provosts
How will you benefit?
- Connect with other AASCU leaders who are seeking data-based solutions
- Hear from national experts in academic program evaluation and management
- Spend time working hands-on with data to understand demand for your academic programs
Program topics
Institutions place significant importance on student employment outcomes. However, it is crucial to determine whether students are genuinely interested in enrolling in programs that lead to in-demand jobs. Equally important is assessing whether your programs teach up-to-date skills and if there is excessive competition from other institutions offering similar programs in your market. This session aims to equip you with a program market evaluation comprising three essential metrics: student demand, employment opportunities, and market saturation. By utilizing these metrics, you will be able to evaluate the market demand for your academic programs.
What if reducing overhead costs and cutting too-small programs were not the only practical ways to control program costs? In this session, you will discover the importance of healthy program margins and low costs in supporting quality student learning and faculty research activities. You will learn how to calculate the direct instructional economics of your programs on a per-student credit hour basis with instructional costs, enrollment revenue, and contribution margin. Additionally, we will delve into analyzing the revenue and direct costs associated with each course section delivered by your institution. You will benchmark costs across your programs and compare them to other institutions. Finally, you will learn how predictive analytics enables your institution to anticipate future outcomes and take proactive measures.
In this session, you will learn the process of evaluating academic programs. You will explore how to streamline the evaluation process by identifying critical elements and key takeaways from extensive data analysis. We will delve into considerations when initiating the process, clarifying your organization’s current position and approach. You will learn how to determine the key stakeholders involved and define your own role in the evaluation process. By integrating data-informed insights with mission alignment, academic standards, market data, and financial information, you can construct a comprehensive evaluation framework.
Schedule at a Glance
All sessions will be held at the AASCU Office.
| Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | |
|---|---|
| 2-5 p.m. | Programming |
| 5-6:30 p.m. | Reception at AASCU Office |
| Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Programming |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-4:30 p.m. | Programming |
Meet our lineup of speakers
Robert Gray
Atkins
CEO and Founder
Gray Decision Intelligence
David
Hood
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Minnesota State University, Mankato
David N.
Jewell
Former SVP of Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer
Cleveland State University (OH)
Mohammed
Khayum
Provost
University of Southern Indiana
Zachary
Paz
Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Gray Decision Intelligence
Carl S.
Pettis
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Alabama State University
Steve
Probst
Senior Partner
Gray Decision Intelligence
Peter
Starrett
Senior Partner and Chief Product Officer: Economics
Gray Decision Intelligence
Mary Pahissa
Upchurch
Senior Partner
Gray Decision Intelligence
Symposium Partner
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