Perspectives Newsletter
Access to the most recent edition of the RP Group e-newsletter, Perspectives, plus links to past issues.
Perspectives, the RP Group's monthly enewsletter, covers statewide developments, tools, and practical resources in the areas of research, planning, and assessment. Click on the links below to view recent issues.
2012
January 2012 Perspectives
Highlights include a cohort progression tracking tool, diversifying and accelerating progres in STEM pathways, program review tools, and key factors in student learning.
2011
November 2011 Perspectives
Highlights include IR and IT implications of the Student Success Task Force recommendations, Chaffey College's integration of basic skills instruction and student support, a crosswalk between...
October 2011 Perspectives
Highlights include the effective practices of POWER Award winners in the areas of outstanding program level outcomes, outstanding general education outcomes, exemplary faculty-researchers...
August 2011 Perspectives
Highlights of Summer Institute resources including IRP definitions of leadership, data sources for institutional research in California community colleges, instructional and student services...
July 2011 Perspectives
Topics include improving developmental education, meta-analysis and its utility for institutional researchers, clarification of ACCJC assessment rubric language.
May-June 2011 Perspectives
Topics include a retrospective on the Center for Student Success, research findings on community college transfers who complete professional majors, using GIS for institutional research, learning...
April 2011 Perspectives
Content includes profiles of the winners of the RP Awards including taking a deeper look at ARCC, higher education enrollments and student success in times of budget scarcity, investigating...
March 2011 Perspectives
Content includes an EdSource study on developmental course taking, a cost-effective approach to labor market analyses, aligning curriculum to maximize success, student perceptions of assessment...
February 2011 Perspectives
Content includes an RP Group report on accreditation, CCRC briefs on strategies that improve completion, model for estimating the economic impact of community colleges, and an added dimension to...
January 2011 Perspectives
The IR Study Issue: results of a survey and focus groups that the RP Group conducted with institutional research offices throughout California that offers insight into activities that research...
2010
November 2010 Perspectives
The planning issue: content includes a model for integrated planning, an assessment checklist for integrated planning, and comprehensive assessment reports, plus research findings on transfer...
October 2010 Perspectives
The Assessment Issue: Content includes the a description of the evolution of SLOs in the California Community College system, and profiles of POWER Award winners for exemplary assessment in student...
August-September 2010 Perspectives
Content includes how the K-12 Common Core standards adoption will affect community colleges, how colleges can help more students get the financial aid they need to succeed, IR office insights into...
June-July 2010 Perspectives
Content includes the exponential attrition and the promise of acceleration in developmental English and math, BRIC inquiry guides on assessing student learning outcomes, assessing strategic...
May 2010 Perspectives
Content includes the announcement of RP's newly interactive website, the Institutional Research & Planners Toolkit, a historical perspective on planning, and music and videos on student...
April 2010 Perspectives
Content includes updated Version of the "Poppy Copy," Using the National Student Clearinghouse to Track High School Students, Using ARCC Indicators as Institutional Planning Metrics,...
March 2010 Perspectives
Content includes probability-based advising for basic skills, planning for institutional effectiveness, learning outcomes assessment, and contextualization in developmental math.
February 2010 Perspectives
Content includes student perspectives on contextualization, the influence of for-profit four-year colleges on transfer, research & planning in difficult budget cycles, cloud words as a course...
January 2010 Perspectives
Topics include RP presents transfer findings to the legislature, new Cal-PASS reporting tool, faculty engagement in program review, managing assessment data.
2009
December 2009 Perspectives
December 2009
Over the last few years, the RP Group has been engaged in a number of significant statewide research studies. This edition of Perspectives gives overviews of some of...
October 2009 Perspectives
In this Issue
Marc Beam, Editor
Welcome back everyone!
In this issue read about:
Plans to go national with the Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success
Read a...
June 2009 Perspectives
In This Issue
Marc Beam, Editor
The budget has been the number one topic at every research meeting lately. Many are asking how we can balance our research agendas to expand student...
April 2009 Perspectives
In This Issue
Marc Beam, Editor (Kern CCD)
It's almost time for the annual RP-CISOA conference. I hope to see many of you in Granlibakken next week.
This month we Announce...
February 2009 Perspectives
In This Issue
Marc Beam, Editor, Kern Community College District Welcome to 2009 Everyone!
In response to budget concerns, the RP Group board recently decided to change the Drive-In Workshop to...
2008
December 2008 Perspectives
In This Issue
With the downturn in the economy and mid-year budget cuts, professional development budgets are often among the first to be slashed. However, these opportunities are...
October 2008 Perspectives
In This Issue
Marc Beam, Editor
This month we have the following articles:
Center for Student Success produces study on CA Foster Youth
People, Promotions and Possibilities in CCC Research...
September 2008 Perspectives
Topics include new RP Group board members, CCCO update, Center for Student Success update.
