Research Activity
The IRA office aims to establish Howard University as a thought leader in professional IR and Assessment organizations at the regional, national, and global levels.
Some of our team members' professional affiliations...
- North East Association for Institutional Research
- Association for Institutional Research
- Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
...among others!
Recent research activity
NCES Data Institute participation
Senior Research Analyst Amleset Abrhale was recently selected to participate in the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Data Institute. The Institute is a competitive, six-moth long intensive program that provides participants with an in-depth introduction to NCES datasets and research methodologies
Assessment Day 2024
The Assessment Team hosted the second annual Assessment Day conference on April 17, 2024. The Assessment Team were joined by representatives from CETLA, Office of Data Analytics, and the Data Science graduate program to discuss various assessment topics and strategies. The keynote was led by Dr. Anne Lundquist of the Hope Center at Temple University.
For a summary of the conference, click the link below:
Paper presentation at the AERA conference
Graduate Assistant Alexus Laster attended the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the American Education Research Association (AERA) and presented her ongoing research.
Webinar on Assessing Assessment
Assessment Coordinator Pavithra Suresh was featured on a webinar hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education and Watermark Insights on the processing of assessing assessment. Pavithra spoke about IRA's Annual Assessment Academy (AAA) and the Interdisciplinary Evaluation and Assessment Society (IDEAS). The webinar can be viewed by clicking here.
Poster presentation at Middle States Commission on Higher Education's Annual Conference
Associate Provost Dr. Daphne Bernard, Director of IR Sammara Vanlo, Director of IE Taneika Thompson, and Graduate Assistant Alexus Laster all attended the 2023 Annual Conference hosted by Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Alexus presented a poster entitled "Exploring the Holistic Needs of an Invisible Population: A Systematic Literature Review of Undergraduate Parenting Students," which explored the micro- to macro-level needs of parenting students and offered comprehensive institutional recommendations.
Poster presentation at Assessment Institute
The Assessment staff presented a poster entitled "Assets-Based Assessment at Howard University: Considerations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities" at the 2023 Assessment Institute hosted by IUPUI. The effort was led by Graduate Assistant Alexus Laster (PhD student in Higher Education Leadership & Policy Studies at Howard University) with support from Pavithra Suresh (Assessment Coordinator) and Taneika Thompson (Director of Institutional Effectiveness).
The team is in the process of submitting the paper for peer-review publication.
