Research Grant Recipients
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| Year of Award | Recipient | Amount Awarded | Research Topic |
| 2024 | Shama Akhtar Bowie State University | $1,000 | Advancing Institutional Research: Developing Standards for Enhanced Practice, Accessibility, and Accountability |
| 2023 | Kristy Hove Penn State Lehigh Valley | $830 | Resetting Institutional Priorities through the Analysis of College Selection Criteria and Consumerism in Higher Education |
| 2019 | Megan Lynch Roger Williams University | $1,000 | Students of Color and Levels of Engagement on Campus: Factors Contributing to Student Success |
| 2018 | Karen Glew Kennebec Valley Community College | $1,000 | Measuring Online Student Engagement |
| 2017 | Honda Hirosuke University of Maine at Augusta Heather Kelly University of Delaware | $1,000 | Research into the efficiency and effectiveness of IR/IE offices |
| 2015 | Carien Williams Erin Dunleavy The Commonwealth Medical College | $1,000 | Supporting evaluation of third-year medical students’ experiences in the 50/50 clinical training model |
| 2014 | Lauren Conoscenti Jennifer May Tufts University | $1,000 | Does Size Matter? Effects of Text Box Size of Open-Ended Survey Items on Response Rates and Response Characteristics |
| 2013 | Kimberly Johnson | $1,000 | Building a Predictive Model of Student Retention |
| 2011 | Kimberly Puhala | $1,000 | Creating a Culture of Assessment: Can a Marketing Campaign Increase Response Rates to Online Course Evaluations? |
| 2010 | Rhonda M. Gabovitch | $1,000 | Institutional Conditions to Improve the Educational Outcomes of Part-Time Community College Students |
| 2009 | Lauren Friedman | $1,000 | An Investigation of Student Characteristics, Experiences and Activities Impacting Retention at Eastern Connecticut State University |
| 2008 | Shannon Tinney & Terra Schehr | $1,000 | Understanding Students Educational Intentionality at Loyola College |
| 2007 | John Nugent & Michael Reder | $1,000 | Conduct an audit of Fall 2007 First-Year Seminar Syllabi |
| 2006 | Chad May | $1,000 | Using DIT (Defining Issues Test) to assess the moral reasoning of college students |
| 2006 | Shuang Liu/Katherine Cook | $500 | The use of rubrics as an instructional and assessment tool in the classroom, particularly with adult students |
| 2005 | Vicki Baker | $900 | Doctoral student retention in business programs. |
| 2005 | Carol Trosset | $1000 | Grid-group Theory |
| 2004 | Mindy Wang | $1000 | Financial Aid |
| 2003 | Fred Volkwein | $650 | Study Honor Students |
| 2002 | Qing Mack | What we learned from non-returning students at a two-year college | |
| 1999 | John Pryor | A Diversity Needs Assessment for Student Affairs Personnel | |
| 1998 | Anne Marie Delaney | Investigating Women's Leadership Roles in Institutional Research | |
| 1996 | Fred Volkwein | A Study of State Regulation and Administrative Flexibility at Public Institutions | |
| 1995 | Barbara Palmer | Quality Assurance Programs in the Netherlands | |
| 1993 | Karen Bauer | A Five-Year Longitudinal Assessment of Undergraduate Students |