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Teaching & Learning Research
About COMPASS for Research
The data used to power COMPASS Reports is drawn from a variety of sources around UCI, including data managed by the Office of Institutional Research, Enrollment Management, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning.
The COMPASS data set is available for teaching & learning research purposes in two ways:
- For teaching & learning research not intended for publication: reports in Cognos available to both instructors and academic administrators
- For research intended for publication: direct data access is available via COMPASS data scientists
Partner Data Scientists
If you are interested in diving deeper into COMPASS data sets or related data sets to support a teaching & learning research project, you can reach out to our data scientists:
| Name | Research Areas |
| Joshua Saldana saldanaj@uci.edu Office of Institutional Research
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Retention and graduation, particularly among underrepresented and low-income students
STEM Retention Major retention, transitions, and pathways First year outcomes |
| Kameryn Denaro kdenaro@uci.edu Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation
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Partner with campus researchers to collect and disseminate data on evidence-based practices that the campus community can use to improve student success.
Evaluate the impact of programs and campus learning environments on both students and instructors, utilizing assessment data to further improve teaching and learning on campus. Improve STEM teaching and learning. Evaluate student equity using computational statistics to promote institutional change. |
Or, you can contact the COMPASS team and we’ll help connect you with the right people.
COMPASS Affiliates
The COMPASS Initiative is in partnership across campus with several units involved in helping answer these sorts of questions using student data:
Enrollment Management Analytics
Jovonte Willis, Director
Office of Inclusive Excellence
Joshua Meadors, Data & Business Analytics Specialist
