Session Presentations
The NCAIR 2025 Conference highlights innovative approaches to institutional research, focusing on data governance, automation, visualization, and student success. Sessions explore tools, strategies, and collaborative practices that support informed decision-making, accreditation, and equity across higher education institutions.
Below are session presentations in PDF format.
Monday, March 10th
10:00 – 10:50 AM
- Anchored in Data: UNCW’s Journey through Data Governance
Presenter(s): Andy Mauk, Shayne Miller, and Zerek Olson (UNC Wilmington) - The NCES-CEEB Crosswalk 2nd Ed.: Simplifying the integration of institutional and government data for prediction and data mining
Presenter(s): Mark Davenport (UNC Greensboro)- Additional Documents: NCES-CEEB Crosswalk, Dictionary, and Notes
- Integrating Document Management And Compliance into Everyday Practices to Strengthen Accreditation in Academic Programs
Presenter(s): Leslie Larchin (NC Central University)
11:20 – 12:10 PM
- Designing for Clarity: Effective approaches to data visualization
Presenter(s): Jordan Watzlawick and Lauren Schoenheit (UNC System Office) - “Change is Here” – Do you have a plan?
Presenter(s): Kelly Smith (AEWAS Consulting) - Planning for Sustainability in Competency-focused General Education Transitions
Presenter(s): Heather Bastian (UNC Charlotte)
3:00 – 3:50 PM
- Enterprise Data Warehouse: A Roadmap from Ideation to Reality
Presenter(s): Michael Smith and Carlee Jackson (UNC Wilmington) - Putting the R in Institutional Research
Presenter(s): Thomas Kimbauer and Kyle Fassett (Davidson) - Post-College Financial Outcomes: Am I Better Off Going to (Your) Institution?
Presenter(s): Alexei Matveev (SACSCOC)
4:00 – 4:50 PM
- Visualizing Post Traditional Age Students
Presenter(s): Jelan Seward (East Carolina University) - Transforming Data With Ease Using the Power of Power Query
Presenter(s): Robert Wilcox and David Childers (UNC Wilmington)- Additional Documents: M Code & DAX, API, Power Query, and Add Online Excel Data
- Using Data for Equitable Change: How Institutional Research can support decisions for Faculty Compensation
Presenter(s): Brent Maher and Thomas Kimbauer (Davidson)
Tuesday, March 11th
9:00 – 9:50 AM
- The NC FAFSA Tracker: Helping North Carolina Pay for Education
Presenter(s): Andrea Lewton, Kyndall Boxell, and Jennifer Sills (North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority) - The Power of Automating Processes: Enrollment Projection from Excel to SAS
Presenter(s): Kelly Smith and Elizabeth Davis (UNC School of the Arts) - Facilitating Change to a New Institutional Accreditor
Presenter(s): Christine Robinson, Mitchell Cottoneit, and Tony Artimisi (UNC Charlotte)
10:20 – 11:10 AM
- Designing an Early Momentum Metrics Dataset to Improve Student Success
Presenter(s): Anne Oxenreider and Nathan Hodges (Western Carolina University) - Enrollment Projections Application: Empowering Data-Driven Enrollment Strategies
Presenter(s): Raj Bhosale and Rushik Patel (NC State University) - Transforming Broadly Distributed Monthly IR Infographics with Signature Templates
Presenter(s): Laura Boyles and Lindsey Tedder (Central Carolina Community College)