Symposium 2024
Data Fellows Symposium
Poster Session
April 26, 2024
This team's project explored how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing the future of work and higher education. The goal of this project aimed to assess how ºÚÁÏÍø is preparing students for careers increasingly affected by AI and identify opportunities to integrate AI-related knowledge, skills, and ethical considerations into academic programs.
Project Poster: Academic Programs
Team Members: Daniel Magno, Robert Moushon, Paul Quezada, and Dr. David Sheridan.
This team's project explored how student engagement with Canvas learning technologies relates to academic success in online graduate courses. The goal of this project aimed to identify which Canvas tools and engagement behaviors are most strongly associated with student performance and explore how learning analytics can be used to support course design, targeted interventions, and student success in digital learning environments.
Project Poster: Academic Technology Services
Team Members: Aurora Luksetich, Marvin Mayo, Adam Mitchell, Francisco S. Romero, Dave Scozzaro, and Rod Smith.
This team's project explored the factors that influence timely graduation among international students studying at ºÚÁÏÍø on F-1 visas. The goal of this project aimed to identify demographic, academic, and enrollment-related factors associated with 4-year and 6-year graduation rates and explore opportunities for targeted recruitment, advising, and student success initiatives that support international student persistence and degree completion.
Project Poster: Center for International Education
Team Members: Sean Cochran Ed.D., Eugenia Kim Ph.D., Jessica Petrovic M.S., and Monica Stamme.
This team's project explored the impact of online instruction on student success and course experiences in the College of Business following the expansion of online learning. The goal of this project aimed to examine differences in academic performance and student perceptions across online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses, while identifying how factors such as student demographics, equity measures, and course characteristics influence outcomes in different instructional modalities.
Project Poster: College of Business
Team Members: Derek Chacon, Sabine Reddy, John Shaw, Victor Wang, and Mark Washburn.
This team's project explored the factors associated with student attrition and major migration among undergraduate students in the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). The goal of this project aimed to identify student characteristics and academic indicators linked to persistence, withdrawal, and movement to other colleges, as well as explore opportunities to strengthen support services, financial aid strategies, and retention initiatives for at-risk student populations.
Project Poster: College of Health and Human Services
Team Members: Laurel Adler, Joanna K. Barreras, Jana Fogaça, and Youngok Jung.
This team's project explored the factors that contribute to the academic success, persistence, and graduation outcomes of Black students in the College of Liberal Arts. The goal of this project aimed to identify the institutional, demographic, and educational experiences that shape Black student success and examine how outcomes for Black students compare with those of other student populations in order to inform equity-focused support strategies and student success initiatives.
Project Poster: College of Liberal Arts
Team Members: Dr. Sandra Arevalo, Spencer Butler, Liza Ivezaj, Dr. Jacquelin Lyon, and Dr. Sunyoung Park.
This team's project explored the academic and non-academic factors that influence retention, attrition, and major migration among first-time, first-year students at ºÚÁÏÍø. The goal of this project aimed to identify early indicators of student success and academic risk, particularly during the first year, and develop data-informed tools that can help faculty, advisors, and student support professionals better support student persistence and degree completion.
Project Poster: College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Team Members: Cesar Cervantes, Dennis Garcia, Thomas Gredig, Kris Slowinski, and Sergio Temores.
This team's project explored how students move between College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPaCE) programs and ºÚÁÏÍø degree programs. The goal of this project aimed to identify patterns in student matriculation, degree completion, and academic pathways, as well as explore opportunities to create more flexible, accessible, and supportive pathways that help adult learners and nontraditional students successfully transition into degree-seeking programs.
Project Poster: College of Professional and Continuing Education
Team Members: Ashley Cartwright, Tom O’Brien, Ben Olson, Jackie Record, and Mark Smith.
This team's project explored the factors that influence graduate student success, including time-to-degree completion and the likelihood of earning a master's degree. The goal of this project aimed to identify academic, demographic, and program-related characteristics associated with graduate student outcomes and explore opportunities to improve admissions practices, academic support services, and degree completion pathways for master's students at ºÚÁÏÍø.
Project Poster: Graduate Studies
Team Members: Dr. Nancy Hall, Dr. Dina Perrone, Dr. Seungjoon Lee, and Noppakan Sirikul.
This team's project explored student success outcomes among Long Beach College Promise students compared to other students from the local preference area. The goal of this project aimed to identify factors associated with differences in graduation, persistence, and time-to-degree outcomes and explore opportunities to strengthen support services, improve educational pathways, and enhance the effectiveness of the Long Beach College Promise initiative.
Project Poster: Long Beach College Promise
Team Members: Andrew Wright, Elijah Sims, Jorge Soriano, and Jeanelle Uy.