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Office of Decision Support News

The Office of Decision Support is responsible for supporting the University leadership in its commitment to accountability and evidence-based decision making.

Current Decision Support News

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Outreach programs, personalized resources, and interactive activities create a welcoming campus culture.

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The annual event is part of efforts to build a data-informed culture among faculty, staff, and administrators.

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Academic leaders remove enrollment barriers, expand regional recruitment efforts, and improve communication through personalized support.

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The program is a two-year pilot initiative that uses various strategies to help diversify the recruitment process for academic and administrative faculty positions.

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The administrative assistant in decision support stands out for her unflappable charm and ability to tackle challenges.

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Campus News |

Some courses find themselves in unfamiliar environments as the logistics of social distancing require in-person classes get creative with their spaces.

Decision Support In The News

Nevada Current

For higher education, one of the biggest challenges leftover from the pandemic years is getting students to sign up. In recent years enrollment at many Nevada higher education institutions — like higher education institutions nationally — has plateaued compared to pre-pandemic levels. But at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas the tide has finally turned.

Recent Decision Support Accomplishments

Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) published a study, "Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit…
John "Skip" Crooker, Christina Drum, Qingmin Shi, Ashley Guyer, Kanikka Wofford, and Joy Mariscal (all Decision Support) recently delivered three presentations at the annual Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum. One presentation, co-presented by Drum, Wofford, and Mariscal, titled "Collaborative Efforts to Build…
The Office of Decision Support was recognized as the third place winner of the SAS Innovative Problem Solvers award for their efforts in building the new MSI Equity Dashboard. This dashboard was created in collaboration with the MSI Data and Assessment Subcommittee as a way to support UNLV Top Tier 2.0 Strategic Planning goals…
The Office of Decision Support has been recognized as the third place winner of the 2024 SAS Recognition Awards in the category of Innovate Problem Solver. This work is related to the MSI Equity Dashboard that is now available in UNLVAnalytics. Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Rogers, Joy Mariscal, Nikolina Pender, and Kanikka Wofford…
A UNLV collaborative team from the Office of Decision Support and the Graduate College, led by Nikolina Pender, the director of Graduate Data Analysis & Assessment, presented a paper at a national convening by the Gardner Institute. The conference, titled "The Graduate Student Experience: Redesigning Graduate School So That Every Student…
Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) and Nikolina Pender (Decision Support) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to assist with expansion of the national CGS survey that collects information on graduate enrollment, retention, progression, and completion. The $75,000 grant was awarded…