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USDA CSREES SERD Program Directors’ Conference

USDA CSREES SERD Program Directors’ Conference. Wednesday, March 30, 2005 New Orleans, LA Bill Richardson Ella Smith. FAEIS. Food and Agricultural Education Information System. What is FAEIS?.

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USDA CSREES SERD Program Directors’ Conference

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  1. USDA CSREES SERDProgram Directors’ Conference Wednesday, March 30, 2005 New Orleans, LA Bill Richardson Ella Smith

  2. FAEIS Food and Agricultural Education Information System

  3. What is FAEIS? • A data warehouse – information relating to Agriculture and related majors offered at Land Grant and other institutions. • Information Includes: • Enrollment in programs • Graduation in programs • Placement of graduates • Information about faculty

  4. History of FAEIS • Data Collected on Graduates by Department of Education (HEGIS & IPEDS) • Authorization to collect data given in 1977 to USDA • Texas A&M (through 2000) under a cooperative agreement collected and assembled data • Virginia Tech under a cooperative agreement converted to a web based relational database in 2002

  5. Sponsors of FAEIS • American Association of State Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable Resources • Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges • Board of Human Sciences • Council of Administrators of Family and Consumer Sciences • National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges • Society of American Foresters • The National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges

  6. Who Participates Institutions • 1862 Land Grant • 1890 Land Grant • 1994 Land Grant • Non-Land Grant Programs • Agriculture • Forestry Conservation Natural Resources • Human Sciences • Veterinary Medical Programs

  7. Archives • Original HEGIS/IPEDS Reports from Department of Education are available • Paper copies of the data in the booklets previously distributed by Texas A&M and a subset of data are available on line • Contact Ella Smith in Higher Education Programs at SERD (202-720-3842 or esmith@csrees.usda.gov)

  8. Where can you find FAEIS? • Data from 1993-2000 are located on the REEIS web site http://www.reeis.usda.gov/ • Data beginning in 2002 are located at the FAEIS web site http://faeis.usda.gov/

  9. Electronic Archives at REEIS • Located on the REEIS web site • Enrollment and Degree Data • Programs using the data from 1993-2000 based on gender and ethnicity and classification of instructional program are available • Additional data requests are filled on an as needed basis • Contact Ella Smith in Higher Education Programs at SERD (202-720-3842 or esmith@csrees.usda.gov)

  10. FAEIS Data 2002 – 2004 Located at: http://faeis.usda.gov/ • Enrollment • Degrees Awarded • Placement On-line Custom Report Builder available upon request—come see it in action at the supplemental sessions tomorrow entitled FAEIS in Action — Accessing the FAEIS Data

  11. How are Data Entered? • Web based system • Data entry can be centralized or delegated to departments • System available 24/7 • Help Desk staff available to assist users 8 hours a day/Monday – Friday by e-mail or telephone

  12. http://faeis.usda.gov/ Click Here

  13. All FAEIS data providers must have an ID and password.

  14. Enter Data and click “Save Data”

  15. Continue to the next form

  16. Logout when you have completed your session.

  17. Data Access • REEIS Web site has reports which you can use for enrollments and degrees by gender and ethnicity as well as major • FAEIS Web site has a custom report builder which will be demonstrated Thursday at the open sessions “FAEIS in Action-Using FAEIS Data”

  18. Ad Hoc Requests • IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST OR ARE UNSURE OF WHAT YOU NEED--- • 1993-2000 data can be made through REEIS contact Ella Smith (esmith@csrees.usda.gov 202-720-3842) • 2002-2004 data can be made through Virginia Tech contact Tom McAnge (faeis@vt.edu 540-231-4941)

  19. Questions?

  20. How can FAEIS Data be Useful to You?

  21. Uses of FAEIS Data • Assessments • Outcomes • Peer Analysis • Benchmarking • Addressing Priority Areas

  22. USDA/CSREES Priorities • Agricultural and Environmental Quality • Agricultural Security • Genomics and Food and Fiber Production • Obesity, Human Nutrition, and Food Science • Food Safety • Rural and Community Development

  23. Uses of FAEIS Data • Identify institutions with similar programs • Curriculum development • Student recruitment • Partnerships • Identify new programs • Interested in developing a new major who else has that major? • How many students are there? • Measure trends • How has the program developed over time • Number of enrollment/graduates • Ethnicity and Gender breakouts

  24. More uses of FAEIS Data • Measure Productivity (outcomes/assessment) • Since revising the curriculum what are the impacts in student enrollment? • Benchmarking • Peer Review • Research Priorities

  25. Questions?

  26. Want to Learn More? • Tomorrow during the 4 concurrent sessions a “Technology Showcase will be presented using FAEIS data. • Come join us in the Wildcatter Room at: • 9:30-10:30 am • 10:50-11:50 am • 1:30-2:30 pm • 2:50-3:50 pm

  27. FAEIS Contacts General Information – Ella Smith USDA/CSREES/SERD esmith@csrees.usda.gov (202-720-3842) REEIS 1993-2000 FAEIS data – Bill Bristow bill.bristow@reeis.usda.gov (202-690-1956) www.reeis.usda.gov (Reports Tab) 2002-present FAEIS data – Tom McAnge faeis@vt.edu (540-231-4941) http://faeis.usda.gov

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