Organizing Support for Success: Community College Academic and Student Support Ecosystems, Phase I, United States, 2019 (ICPSR 37863)
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Melissa Blankstein, Ithaka S + R;
Christine Wolff-Eisenberg, Ithaka S + R
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37863.v2
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This study surveyed chief academic and student affairs officers at colleges across the United States on success measures, services offered, resource challenges and constraints, and vision for future service provision. The questionnaire investigated the current structure and organization of services, challenges senior administrators face, and their anticipated changes to service provision in the future.
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United States
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- For more information on the Organizing Support for Success study, please visit the Ithaka S+R website.
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The aim of this survey was to understand the perspectives of community, junior, and technical college academic and student affairs leaders on services provided to students under a variety of organizational units.
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Upon determining the population for this study, survey instrument drafts were created in consultation with project advisors. A pre-test of the survey was administered to determine consistency in response among potential respondents. Following the finalization of the survey, it was distributed under the signatory of relevant professional associations.
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The population for this survey is chief academic and student affairs officers at not-for-profit two-year colleges and associate's dominant four-year institutions across the United States. Approximately 2,069 senior administrators received an email invitation to participate in the survey, and 264 completed the survey.
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Chief academic and student affairs officers at community colleges across the United States
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The majority of variables are formatted in scales, as reflective of the survey questionnaire. The main questionnaire variables deal with topics such as administrative and educational objectives for staff and students. Demographic variables in the study include age and gender identity.
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Approximately 2,069 senior administrators received an email invitation to participate in the survey, and 264 completed the survey for an overall response rate of about 13 percent.
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2020-10-06
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2023-10-09 The collection is being updated to change the title to Organizing Support for Success: Community College Academic and Student Support Ecosystems, Phase I, United States, 2019. This collection is also being updated to include completed variable labeling information.
2020-10-06 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Standardized missing values.
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These data are freely available to data users at ICPSR member institutions. The curation and dissemination of this study are provided by the institutional members of ICPSR. How do I access ICPSR data if I am not at a member institution?