Data & Reports
Annual Profiles
Nine Point Five Series
In order to “promote effective use of valid and reliable data in decision-making, planning, and communication” (Strategic Objective 9.5 (PDF)), the Office of Institutional Research has developed the “Nine Point Five Series” (previously the Nine Point Eight series) as a way to share the results of our more notable studies with the College. We will have a new edition at least once a year.
- Number 1: Data Exploration to Inform the Quality Initiative (PDF) (Winter 2018)
- Number 2: Awards Granted and Enrollment by Program across Nebraska (PDF) (Fall 2018)
- Number 3: Strategic Metrics and Peer Comparisons (PDF) (Winter 2019)
- Number 4: Revealing Institutional Strengths and Challenges at ܽƵapp (PDF) (Fall 2019)
- Number 5: Piloting a New Advising Model (PDF) (Fall 2020)
- Number 6: Survey of Assessment Culture (PDF) (Fall 2022)
- Number 7: Higher Learning Commission Comprehensive Review 2023 (PDF) (Fall 2023)
- Number 8: ܽƵapp Faculty-Staff Survey (PDF) (Fall 2024)
The Office of Institutional Research has developed a collection of reports that provide comparisons between ܽƵapp and three different peer groups. These reports, which use for their source, are meant to provide general data on various aspects of higher education. These reports are published with Tableau Public. As such, the following data displays are interactive and customizable./about/other-scc-departments/institutional-research/peer-comparison-interactives.php
Data Feedback Reports are provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and allow ܽƵapp to compare information reported annually via the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data (IPEDS) with peer institutions. The peer (comparison) group chosen by NCES consists of institutions with several characteristics similar to ܽƵapp. Typically 20-25 measures are provided for benchmarking with the comparison group.
With direction from the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan, ܽƵapp Community College decided to move to a new model for student advising. the ܽƵappof Advising, planned a pilot of the new model for the 2019-2020 school year and approached Institutional Research to develop an evaluation plan. With input, the IR team implemented a multi-faced evaluation of the advising pilot that included: (a) tracking of institutional outcomes, (b) student survey, (c) advisor survey, (d) evaluation of contact logs compiled by the pilot advisors, and (e) a series of focused conversations with a longer focus group held after the completion of the fall 2019 term. (The coronavirus pandemic scuttled plans to repeat the study during spring 2020.)