SERU Business Meeting and Colloquium

October 9-10, 2014University of Minnesota

Welcome!

SERU Survey Consortium

Goals for the Business Meeting and Colloquium

– Reconnect and reboot:• Been 2 years

– SERU AAU: 5 years• Showcase usefulness for both academic

research on higher education policy and for institutional research purposes—not mutually exclusive. There is a reason why we joined a research consortium.

– My goal? Is to listen!

SERU AAU Operations and transition update 2013-2014

• U of M has had de facto management duties with CSHE– Informal agreement

• Negotiations between CSHE and U of M during the past year.

SERU AAU CSHE/UM Partnership

• Transitions– Managerial and administrative duties

• 5 year agreement—we are in it for the long haul

– Research duties• CSHE retains lead role in research

• Collaborative governance model– Encourage more participation in decision

making– Structural framework for building a sustainable

operation for the long term • Budget transparency and accountability

Governance

Governing Board Three CSHE UC Berkeley members Three U of MN members Three at-large SERU AAU campus members Ex-officio members from CSHE and UC Office of the President

leadership

Primary Responsibilities Polices for setting goals, objectives, and membership Recommends, reviews and advises on

New campus recruitment Survey preparation, administration, and data management Scholarly data requests Research priorities and extramural projects Budget and membership fees

Budget• Current AAU undergraduate survey

– FY2015 – All fees stay the same as FY14– Current contracts honored– Future – Will need to account for inflation

• FY16 -- $22,600• FY17 -- $23,340• FY18 -- $24,000

– Intent is to cover costs and provide for research and future development

– Get all institutions on a the same fee schedule

• AAU Graduate survey– Pilot in 2014-15– University of Minnesota, University of Virginia, and CSHE are funding

the pilot jointly– Future – Costs to be determined based on pilot

• International survey– Run as a separate but associated effort

Membership Contracts

• New contracts will be needed with the University of Minnesota

• University of Minnesota will honor all current contract terms• Intent is to mimic current University of California contracts

– 3 year terms– Defined and fixed annual fee amount– Provision for custom campus module– Termination clauses

• University of Minnesota will deliver new contracts ASAP• Graduate survey issues

Meanwhile….during this transition…much has been done– Reduced the Undergraduate SERU by 19%

• First year fruits of the Design and Content work group efforts

• 2014 Undergraduate SERU administration to 11 institutions

– Developed pilot Graduate SERU Survey– New International Student Experience Module

and expanded Study abroad items– AP tool expansion for longitudinal analysis;

selection of year and institution by program (with 2014 data - over half a million student responses in data base)