The Institutional Surveys Consortium (ISC) is made up of university representatives with a vested interest in and knowledge of UT surveys designed to inform university decision-making. The ISC meets monthly to discuss survey-related needs and inform each other of survey initiatives or results.
ISC Goal: To improve the coordination, alignment, accessibility, distribution, and communication of institutional surveys in order to improve the use of survey data for planning and decision-making efforts across campus that will lead to better student, faculty, staff, and post-graduate outcomes.
ISC values:
- Enhancing opportunities for the university’s voices to be heard.
- Collaborating to align and improve survey efforts across campus.
- Sharing results with survey stakeholders and respondents in useful ways.
- Amplifying awareness of survey activities and transparency of survey results as a means to support university decision-making.
- Creating a deeper understanding of institutional trends and actions taken based on survey data.
Contact the ISC before conducting a survey project. They can provide recommendations on the need for and value of the survey project, as well as direct you to survey experts who can potentially assist you with your project.
ISC Members
Gina Magharious, Institutional Reporting, Research and Information Systems (Facilitator)
Jennifer Nailos, School of Undergraduate Studies (Co-facilitator)
Megan Krou, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Jennifer Smith, Office of Admissions
Krystal Wyatt-Baxter, UT Libraries
Jake Ptacek, Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
Linda Neavel Dickens, Strategic Academic Initiatives
Cheyenne Elliott, Institutional Reporting, Research and Information Systems
Troy Autin, Enrollment Management and Student Success
Elida Lee, Office of the Associate Vice President for Human Resources
James Buratti, Financial and Administrative Services Communications
Monique Pikus, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Survey Resources
Institutional Surveys Inventory
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Is your department administering a large-scale survey that will be used to inform university decision-making? Would you like more people at the university to be aware of this survey effort? Email Gina Magharious, gmagharious@austin.utexas.edu.
Best Practices in Survey Administration at UT Austin
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