The field of Institutional Research has grown and developed considerably over the last several decades. Today’s graduates need to have both a theoretical and practical understanding of many concepts including database development, advanced analysis and analytics, research concepts, project management, organizational behavior and more! They need to be able to connect these concepts to the mission of the institutions of higher education in which they will work and thrive. The work of Institutional Research and Decision Support is crucial to Ball State and the field is important to the world of higher education generally.
You can help with your donation to IRDS. Your generous contribution will be used to support expenses that would not normally be included in our budget. These include:
- Support for our IRDS interns. We are committed to taking on interns each year but we don’t always have the funds to include the interns in travel to important conferences or pay for training that will help them in their career. We are putting in our time and effort to help train the next generation of institutional researchers and your contribution is an important part of making that effort optimally successful.
- Support for our graduate assistants. We are similarly committed to taking on graduate assistants each year. These students may also not have the funds to be able to take part in industry conferences, participate in presentations of their work that require travel, or engage in training that has a cost associated.
We hope we can count on you to give as generously as possible. If you’d like to talk to us please feel free to contact me at 765-285-2191 or set up an appointment at irds@bsu.edu. I know our grad assistant and intern would love to talk to potential funders.
