2026 Conference Presentations

 

 

Time Session Code Title
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 2:30pm A1 National Community College Benchmark Project – How we use Peer Comparison Data with other Texas Community Colleges
A2 Simplify FVT-GE Federal Reporting with Clearinghouse Data and SAS
A3 Mapping Credit for Prior Learning: Insights from a Power BI Dashboard
A4 Advances in Machine Learning Model to Forecast Incoming Cohort Size, Characteristics, and Course Enrollments
A5 How does ASDA support School Leadership during the Section Registration Monitoring period?
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 3:45pm B1 SQL Scripts for State Reporting Continuity: How Texas A&M University Automated THECB CBM Compliance
B2 The Dual Role of Parent and Student: How Parenthood Impacts Academic Success at Dallas College
B3 Sharing LASSI Scores using a Power BI Dashboard
B4 Measuring Student Success Without Blind Spots: Beyond IPEDS and Freshmen
B5 Identifying Potential Graduates to help with HB8
S1 Unlock Actionable Insights with AI Qualitative Analysis and Redaction for Course Evaluations
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 4:45pm C1 Creating Program-Level Student Success Dashboards: A Practical Starting Point
C2 Estimating the Causal Impact of Tutoring on Student Success Using Machine Learning–Based Propensity Score Matching
C3 Supercommunicating Data – Unlocking the Secrets of Effective Communication in Institutional Research
C4 Charting the Course: Navigating Data Governance from Scratch
C5 Creating a Schedule Management Application to Support Workday Transition
Thursday, Feb 26 at 10:30am D1 Make a Dashboard in minutes with Tableau and Power BI
D2 Decoding Text Complexity: Classical versus AI-Driven Text Analytics in Higher Education
D3 Beyond the Cliff: Demographic Shifts, Migration Trends, and the New Reality for Texas Colleges
D4 Triangulating Student Support: Data-Driven Strategies from Access to Completion
D5 Texas A&M University’s Collaborative Approach with Lightcast for Student Career Success and Strategic Alignment
Thursday, Feb 26 at 11:30am E1 GenAI-powered Analysis of Free-Response Surveys
E2 From Data Sets to Databricks
E3 The Maturation of Data Workflows for THECB Reporting
E4 The Pathway to HB8 Success: Predictive Modeling Meets Improvement Science
E5 An Assessment Process that Faculty Love
Thursday, Feb 26 at 2:15pm F1 From Chaos to Clarity: UT Austin’s Navigating Data Anomalies in CBM Reporting
F2 Anchored Continuity Amidst Rising Tides and Shifting Shorelines
F3 Building the Foundation: Dallas College’s Strategic Data Warehouse Journey
F4 Power BI in Action: 4DX Scoreboards and Other Data-Driven Tools for Decision Support
F5 How Northeast Lake View College Uses PDP Data to Drive Student Success
S2 Unifying Data for Institutional Research: Tarleton State + Databricks Case Study on Data and Analytics Modernization
Thursday, Feb 26 at 3:30pm G1 Using Degree Completions data to inform portfolio development and create enrollment benchmarks
G2 Building Bridges: A Case Study in Using Low-cost, Lightweight Data Tools to Increase Quality and Flexibility in Academic Program Assessment
G3 Flipping the Script on Early Alerts
G4 From Insight to Action: Using Labor Market Data to Build a Living Wage Framework for Program Review
G5 Creating breathing room – continuous improvement strategies with limited resources
Thursday, Feb 26 at 4:30pm H1 Beyond the Visual: Building Secure, Public-Facing Dashboards from Certified Data
H2 Parenting Students: Newly available data makes new insights possible
H3 The Future is Integrated Digital Strategy and Data Governance: Challenges for Institutional Research and Analytics ProfessionalsRubric Handout
H4 Understanding Ethics in Institutional Research: How Do We Start the Conversation?
H5 Analyzing P-TECH’s Impact: Overcoming Data Barriers to Map Program Characteristics
Friday, Feb 27 at 9:00am I1 CBM Reporting 101: A Newcomer’s Guide to Data Reporting for Texas Higher Education Institutions
I2 Tracking the Assessment Effectiveness with LMS data and a Power BI Dashboard at Odessa College
I3 Data-Informed Advocacy for Colleges: Transforming Numbers into Narratives
I4 From Prototype to Practice: Rolling Out Our Academic Program Assessment System
Friday, Feb 27 at 10:00am THECB Updates