Pre-Conference Workshops!

There will be 3 pre-conference workshops available this year!

IPEDS Human Resource Training & Financial Aid Training, 8am - 4pm

• Offered by AIR
• Note: While registration is for both training sessions, you may choose to attend just one

• Morning workshop content: IPEDS Human Resources Training - NEW!

  This workshop prepares individuals to accurately complete the IPEDS Human Resources (HR) survey. It is designed for IR and human resources professionals, as well as other researchers or administrators who want to increase their understanding of these data. Topics include preparing data to increase consistency within the survey, understanding data definitions, classification of employees and alignment of employee function with Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) codes, coordination of effort between stakeholders in and outside of an institution, and planning for efficacy of data beyond the IPEDS HR survey itself. Exercises cover classifying employees properly, preparing for and completing the IPEDS HR survey, and benchmarking with commonly used employee metrics.

  
  

  Afternoon workshop content: IPEDS Student Financial Aid Training - NEW!

  This workshop provides foundational training for completing the IPEDS Student Financial Aid Survey using an integrated approach to managing, storing, and extracting financial aid data required for survey completion. Topics include an overview of financial aid concepts and how they intersect IPEDS, how to effectively create frozen data files from enrollment and financial aid systems, how to use these files to answer the respective sections of the survey, and how the files can be leveraged to address additional internal reporting needs. The workshop concludes with exercises focused on how IPEDS financial aid data are used for external purposes as well as for internal benchmarking.

R You Kidding Me? Tips and Tricks for IR Professionals to Use R, 8:30am - 12:30pm

• Offered by Joshua Farrell and Zoe Hanley, Whitman College
• Why is there always a new program to learn in IR? Program R is an open-source statistical package increasingly being used for data manipulation and modeling. In this introductory workshop, you will learn how to navigate RStudio, import and manipulate data, and you will learn useful R tools and resources to get you started on your journey. 

Project Management for Non-Project Managers, 8:30am - 12:30pm

• Offered by Elizabeth Young, Lewis and Clark College
• As requests for information and metrics on campus get more and more complex, and the diverse sources of data become more frequently hosted and remotely managed, the demand for data-related projects have increased. IR and IT staff are often asked to apply proper Project Management methodology to these projects, yet those techniques can feel like a bunch of pointless hoops to jump through when you’d rather just focus on getting things done. In reality, learning Project Management skills and applying them to your initiatives, both low-impact and campus-wide, can save you time, resources, and relationships. The workshop will be organized into activities, brief content presentations, group brainstorming, and interactive demonstrations. There will be lego building. 
  

PNAIRP Conference Program

The program is available here: Full Program

The program overview is available here: PNAIRP Preliminary Program.pdf