External Links with Descriptions
Purdue web sites
- AQIP Accreditation at PUC
- Purdue West Lafayette’s Office of Institutional Research
- Purdue System-wide Data Digest
- Purdue University Board of Trustees
Professional Organizations
- Association of Institutional Research (AIR) (Supports quality data and decisions for higher education, includes a free online newsletter to anyone interested in institutional research.)
- Web-based IR Resources from AIR (Contains over 2200 links to external IR Web pages.)
- Indiana Association for Institutional Research (INAIR) (The regional affiliate of the international Association for Institutional Research, composed of faculty and staff at Indiana’s colleges.)
- Indiana AIR (INAIR) Resources (Includes links to Indiana IR offices and all Indiana Colleges.)
- Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) (A professional association dedicated to comprehensive, integrated planning in higher education.)
Publications
- Chronicle of Higher Education (Weekly news and job information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students.)
- Condition of Education (An annual publication of the National Center for Education Statistics that compiles information from surveys and reports on status and trends.)
- Digest of Education Statistics (Provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.)
- National Study on Instructional Costs and Productivity (Delaware Study) (Comparative analysis of faculty teaching loads, direct instructional cost, and separately budgeted scholarly activity.)
- US News & World Report Best Colleges (Ranking of American Colleges and Universities based upon data collected from annual surveys or the institutions’ websites.)
- Delta Project on Post Secondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability (Interactive Web-based data system to access Delta Cost Project measures of spending, revenues, productivity, and enrollment in higher education institutions.)
Data Sources
- Access Indiana (Government, lifestyle, demographics, elected officials, education, social security, and other information from the State of Indiana.)
- American Council on Education (ACE) Online Information Center (Offers data and analysis on a variety of higher education topics, including Persistence and Educational Attainment, and Student Demographics and Financing.)
- Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool – US Department of Education (Provides customized reports for public inquiries relating to campus crime data.)
- Carnegie Classifications (A classification of all accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States that are represented in the National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems).
- College Insight (Browse and compare information about affordability, diversity, and student success in Higher Education.)
- Complete College America (A national nonprofit founded to focus on dramatically increasing the nation’s college completion rate.)
- Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool (EADA) (Provides customized reports for public inquiries relating to equity in athletics data drawn from the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Equity in Athletics Disclosure Website database.)
- FedStats (Provides access to statistical information on federal agencies.)
- Hoosiers by the Numbers – Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development (An interactive data application analyzing Indiana’s workforce.)
- Indiana Business Research Center (A unit in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. The website provides a link to STATS Indiana, an interactive web service offering a variety of ways to obtain and present essential economic and demographic data.)
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) (View and download national and state level institutional data, including enrollments, graduation rates, and student financial aid.)
- IR Resources (Provides a compilation of web-based resources by topic area available to IR practitioners.)
- Measuring Up 2008 (National Report Card on Higher Education, published by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (Provides statistical reports on the condition of American education; in addition to reports on education activities internationally.)
- NCES PowerStats (Produce complex data tables and run linear and logistic regressions.)
- NCES Quick Stats (Create simple data charts or tables.)
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE) (Provides action-oriented analysis of state and federal policies affecting education beyond high school.)
- National Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis (NCHEMS is a “one-stop-shop” for state-level higher education data and information provided to state policymakers as a resource.)
- Project on Student Debt (An initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit independent research and policy organization.)
- State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) (A nonprofit, nationwide association of the chief executive officers serving statewide coordinating boards and governing boards of postsecondary education.)
- State Occupational Projections (Projections of occupational employment growth by state. Site can be used to help individuals make informed career decisions.)
- Stats Indiana (Provides access to thousands of data items related to geographic areas in Indiana and across the nation.)
- The Education Trust Resources (Offers resources for educators, parents, community leaders, including Success Stories, national school counseling network and Guides for parents.)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Provides Databases, Tables & Calculators for Labor-related information.)
- WebCASPAR (NSF) (The Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System provides access to statistical data resources for science and engineering at U.S. academic institutions.)
Accreditation / Government
- Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) (The accreditation body of The Higher Learning Commission.)
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC) (The HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region.)
- Indiana Chamber of Commerce
- Indiana Commission of Higher Education (ICHE) (Coordinates planning and budgeting for higher education in Indiana.)
- State & Local Government on the Net (Directory of official state, county, and city government websites.)
- US Census Bureau
- Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) (Communicates information on the undergraduate student experience through a common web reporting template, the College Portrait.)
