Institutional Research at Indiana University Kokomo
Director: Sharon Calhoon,
scalhoon@iuk.edu
Assistant Director: Kirsten Leonard,
kaleonar@iuk.edu
Administrative Support: Marcia Andersen,
manderse@iuk.edu
The office of Institutional
Research serves to gather, analyze, retrieve, and preserve
institutional data for strategic planning and assessment.
The Director serves as the chair of IU Kokomo Institutional
Research Council and is a member of the IU Institutional Research
Council. Major
initiatives are the administration of the campus
Survey Policy,
NSSE, EduVentures,
VSA, support for the Student Success Committee,
the Degrees of Excellence Initiative, the Foundations of Excellence
Project, the
Archive of Institutional Memory (AIM).
The office will be reviewing products and mechanisms to
gather and preserve institutional data and research including the
Faculty Annual Report (FAR)
project and
IUScholarWorks.
Institutional Research Council Members
Sharon Calhoon, Director of Institutional
Research, Chair
Norma Fewell, Information Management Specialist
Student Services
Kirsten Leonard, Assistant Director of
Institutional Research
Tim Sehr, Vice Chancellor of Administration
Stacey Thomas, Registrar
Institutional Research Council Goals:
- Develop a centralized review of and access point for data activities on campus
- Support the institutional research needs of the Student Success Committee
- Develop means to ensure that appropriations are returning on investment to improve graduation rates
- Administer the campus Survey Policy
