Using Institutional Data to Support Student Success

Community Information

Facilitating Department: Division of Student Engagement and Success

Facilitators: 

• Jason Whitfield, Ph.D., Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Facilitator, College of Health & Human Services
• Jennifer Price, M.S., Associate Director, Student Success Analytics and Technologies

Community Duration: This community will meet in Fall 2025 with an option for participants to continue in Spring 2026.

Meeting Schedule, Modality & Location: 

The schedule outlined below is for the Fall 2025 semester. The Spring 2026 schedule of meetings will be determined based on participant interest and availability.

• Wed, Sept 10, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom 
• Wed, Sept 24, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom
• Wed, Oct 8, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom
• Wed, Oct 22, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom
• Wed, Nov 5, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom
• Wed, Nov 19, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom
• Wed, Dec 3, 2:00-3:15 PM, Zoom

Community Participants: BGSU faculty, adjunct instructors, and graduate teaching instructors are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Community Description:

In this community we’ll explore how institutional data can guide us in adapting our teaching, programs, and systems to support student success. We will discuss how to access, analyze, and interpret institutional data to address questions related to student success and engagement. 

We will engage with institutional data related to individual course analytics, academic performance, campus engagement, and degree progression disaggregated by demographic characteristics. A combination of resources from the university and the Data Literacy program offered by the Association for Institutional Research will guide our learning and discussion. 

Throughout the semeser, you'll collaborate with peers to develop research questions tthat matter to your own teaching and academic programs. Using tools like Canvas, Navigate, PowerBI, Tableau, and more, we’ll gain hands-on experience with platforms that help us understand our students’ experiences.

Community Learning Outcomes:

By participating in this community, you will be able to:

• Identify internal and external data sources that can be used to advance student success in the classroom (e.g., Canvas analytics) and at the departmental level (e.g., progression-based curricular reform, persistence, retention, and graduation rates).
• Analyze data sources to identify patterns and gaps in outcomes among different student groups. 
• Reflect on how your background, experiences, and assumptions may impact how you interpret data and make instructional and programmatic decisions.
• Design and implement a data-based project related to student success in your own teaching or academic context.
• Collaboratively develop and foster a data-informed campus culture that promotes student learning, progress, and success.

Participant Expectations:

As a member of this community, you are expected to:

• Meet the community learning outcomes.
• Actively participate in and attend at least 80% of all scheduled community meetings (or meet the participation requirement determined by the facilitator).
• Complete any assignments and/or asynchronous tasks.
• Complete any necessary deliverable activities or projects as determined by the facilitator.

Registration for this community is now closed.