Best Presentations

• • 2025 Jenna Cullinane-Hege & Susan Burkhauser (Austin Community College)
    Charting Our North Star: The Role of the Office of Institutional Research and Analytics in Developing Austin Community College’s Theory of Change

 

• • 2024 Jason Simon (University of North Texas)
    Artificial Intelligence 101: What Texas IR Practitioners Need to Know

 

• • 2023 Susan Moreno and Hanlong Fu (University of Houston)
    Minding the Grades: Lessons Learned from Building a Class Performance Dashboard

 

• • 2022 Paul Kailiponi (Alamo College)
    Embedding Student Analytic Findings into Operations Tools: Implementation Process and Visualization Showcase

 

• • 2021 Morris Thompson and Vicky Dueer (University of Dallas)
    Closing the Gap: Using Data Analytics to Support Closing the Equity Gap on College and University Campuses

 

• • 2020 Daniel Chupe-O’Hanlon (Austin Community College)
    The “Y” of LMI (Labor Market Implementation)

 

• • 2019 Rion McDonald (University of North Texas)
    Using Bayes’ Theorem of Conditional Probability to Analyze Course Performance

 

• • 2018 Jason Simon (University of North Texas)
    Fundamental Steps in Building an Effective Data Culture: Linking Planning, Ownership, Governance and Execution

 

• • 2017 Jason Simon (University of North Texas)

 

• • 2016 Rachel Jumper, Larry King, and Jennifer Stringfield (Stephen F. Austin University)
    Assessing the New State Core at Stephen F. Austin

 

• • 2015 Kara Larkan-Skinner and Frances Frey (Our Lady of the Lake University)
    Using Predictive Models to Improve Student Success

 

• • 2014 Paul Illich, Tom Proctor, Sharon Kenan, and David Irvin (McLennan Community College)
    Development of a Qualitative Research Team: Expanding the IR Function through the Inclusion of Library Professionals

 

• • 2013 Dr. Jason Simon (UNT)
    Gathering Direct Evidence of Student Engagement via ID Card System

 

• • 2012 Dr. Lea Campbell (UHD)
    Moving Program Assessment from Perfunctory to Profound

 

• • 2011 Tracy Brown and Tim Schnell (UT-Austin)
    Faculty Management Portal and Profile

 

• • 2010 Colby Stoever (THECB)
    Pathways: A Data Driven Project to Increase Successful High School to College Transition

 

• • 2009 Noel Landuyt, PhD. (UT-Austin)
    The Real Value in Employee Engagement Surveys

 

• • 2008 Fonda Vera and Bao Huynh (Richland College)
    Using Baldrige Discipline to Improve Through Benchmarking and Environmental Scanning

 

• • 2007 Trish Norman (UT System) and Roy Mathew (UT-El Paso)
    Leaks in the Educational Pipeline

 

• • 2006 Teresa Isbell and Yam Ivram (North Lake College)
    An Impact of Developmental Requirements in Student Retention

 

• • 2005 David Preston (Brazosport College)
    Who are These Concurrent/Dual Students?
• • 2004 Denise Young (University of Dallas)
    Persistence, Academic and Social Integration, and Study Abroad: How They Interrelate