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Welcome Conference-Goers!
This page will serve as your one-stop access things to LAIR Conference news & updates.
Conference Details
Dates: July 25-26, 2023
Location: South Louisiana Community College
Devalcourt Building
320 E Devalcourt St
Lafayette, LA 70506
Registration Link: Registration Form hosted by McNeese
Accommodations
Hilton Garden Inn
2350 W Congress St.
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337) 291-1977
- 1 mile from Devalcourt Building
- Conference rate available.
- Call for reservations with the group code LAIR23
- Make reservations online here
conference PRESENTATIONS
conference schedule
Monday, July 24th, 2023 – Pre-Conference Sessions
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
IPEDS Workshop: Beyond Compliance (Lunch Included)
Devalcourt Room 310
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Helio Workshop: 8 ways to make your self-study meaningful beyond accreditation (Light Snacks Included)
Devalcourt Auditorium
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
8:00 am - 9:00 am
LAIR Registration
Devalcourt Lobby
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Opening Session (9:00 am - 9:45 am)
- Guest Speaker - Eric Atchison, Vice President for Strategic Research at Arkansas State University System
Devalcourt Auditorium
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Concurrent Session 1
45-Minute Session (10:00 am - 10:45 am)
- Shawn Potter - Opportunities for Institutional Research to Support University Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initatives
- Uma Deoras - Applying Meditation and Yoga to Reduce Academic Stress of Community College Students: A Comparative Study
- John Broderick - Holistic Leadership and Workplace Friendship
- Tristan Denley - Master Plan Updates and Related Reporting
Devalcourt Building
- Room 214
- Room 315
- Room 320
- Room 151A
30-Minute Session (10:00 am - 10:30 am)
- Shawn Loht - An Alternative Model for Measuring Student Retention at Community Colleges
Devalcourt Building
- Room 319B
Poster Board Session (10:45 am - 11:00 am)
- Margaret McMichael - Demonstrating Coherence in Programs of Study
Devalcourt Lobby
11:15 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
LAIR Business Meeting
Lunch Served
Board of Regents Update
Devalcourt Auditorium
Devalcourt Auditorium
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Concurrent Session II
45-Minute Session (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm)
- Charles Miller - Value-Added Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Lee Babin - Coursedog and High-End Analytics
- Vanessa Sansone - Using Federal Data Sources to Create a Metric for Identifying Rural-Serving Postsecondary Institutions
Devalcourt Building
- Room 214
- Room 320
- Room 315
30-Minute Session (1:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
- Jessica Lemoine - The ACT and Retention at Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- Sandra Green - What is Tableau: Tableau use in Higher Education
- Elizabeth Bourgeois - Anatomy of an Audit
Devalcourt Building
- Room 319A
- Room 319B
- Room 151A
Poster Board Session (1:45 pm - 2:00 pm)
- Erica Hughes – NSC-PDP and SLCC Retention and Completion Follow-up
Devalcourt Lobby
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Additional Workshops
- IR Newcomer Workshop: Introduction to “all things IR”
- Lightcast Workshop: Leveraging Labor Market Insights for Academic Program Development and Review
Devalcourt Building
- Room 151A
- Devalcourt Auditorium
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking Reception
Legends Annex
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
8:30 am - 9:00 am
9:00 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Panel Discussion
Concurrent Session III
45-Minute Session (10:00 am - 10:45 am)
- Elizabeth Duett - Ch Ch Ch Changes if the Data indicates it, DO IT! Retention Win
- Erin Breaux - Teaching Students to Learn More Effectively
- Dani Walker - Aligning Regional Labor Market Needs with Institutional Offerings
- Kim Kirkpatrick - Funding Formula and its Components
Devalcourt Auditorium
Devalcourt Auditorium
Devalcourt Building
- Room 315
- Room 320
- Room 315
- Room 151A
30-Minute Session (10:00 am - 10:30 am)
- Sandy Vandercook - Creating a Sustainable Rubric to Assess General Education Competencies
- Shalena Johnson - Navigating the Unknown in the World of IR/IE
Devalcourt Building
- Room 319A
- Room 319B
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Grab & Go Lunch and System Meetings
- LCTCS
- LAICU
- UL System
- LSU
- Southern
Devalcourt Building
- Room 214
- Room 320
- Room 315
- Room 319A
- Room 319B
Important Updates
DRUMROLL PLEASE …
Here is the exciting list of presentation topics and presenters! With a wide array of subjects and expertise, we are positive that there is something for everyone at this year’s LAIR Conference.
- "Anatomy of an Audit" with Elizabeth Bourgeois of the Board of Regents
- Baton Rouge Community College Poster Presentation with Margaret McMichael
- “The Act and Retention at Northwestern State University of Louisiana” with Jessica Lemoine of Central LA Technical Community College
- “What is Tableau: Tableau Use in Higher Education” with Sandra Green, Ed.D of the University of Louisiana System
- “Creating a Sustainable Rubric to Assess General Education Competencies” with Sandy Vandercook of New Orleans Baptist Theology Seminary
- “Navigating the Unknown in the World of IR/IE” with Shalena Johnson of Grambling State University
- “An Alternate Model for Measuring Student Retention at Community Colleges” with Shawn Loht of Delgado Community College
- “Post-Covid Effects on Mental Status in Student and Faculty” with Ayda Basgul Martin, MD of South LA Community College
- “Value-Added Institutional Research and Effectiveness” with Charles Miller, PhD of South Louisiana Community College
- “Ch Ch Ch Changes if the Data indicates it, DO IT! Retention Win” with Elizabeth Duett of Delta Community College
- “Teaching Students to Learn More Effectively” with Erin Breaux of South LA Community College
- “Coursedog and High-End Analytics” with Lee Babin of Fletcher Technical Community College
- “Opportunities for Institutional Research to Support University Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives” with Shawn Potter of Tulane
- “Applying Meditation and Yoga to Reduce Academic Stress of Community College Students: A Comparative Study” with Uma Deoras of South LA Community College
- "Holistic Leadership and Workforce Friendship" with Dr. John Broderick of Central Louisiana Community College
*NOTE: Agenda and speaker list are subject to change.
Registrations are rolling in! To reserve your spot, make sure you sign up ASAP at https://www.la-air.org/registration-info/.
Helio Workshop – 8 Ways to Make your Self-Study Meaningful Beyond Accreditation (Half-Day)
Monday, July 24th – I:00 pm – 4:00pm
Session Description:
Self-studies serve a number of important purposes besides reaccreditation. Taking a deeper dive into your institutional effectiveness and improvement data regularly can help you and your team foster growth and opportunities that can direct future planning and resource allocations. Your self-study is a requirement, but it's also the perfect opportunity for meaningful reflection that can serve you before and after an accreditor comes knocking at your door.
Through a community of practice approach, attendees at this workshop will dig to identify their assessment and accreditation challenges, identify opportunities to make their self-study and review processes integrated, and design a plan for merging improvement practices with other assessment initiatives across campus through methods outlined in a recent article for the Society of College and University Planning, such as agile wayfinding, linking outcomes and planning to evidence and designing workflows and review processes that support the culture for improvement at your institution.
Presenter: Suzanne Carbonaro, Director of Academic Partnerships, HelioCampus
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