ASSET Research Group
Analytics for Student Success and Equity Transformation (ASSET) is a group of researchers, faculty, staff, and administrators from several colleges, schools, and offices at the University of Michigan investigating questions related to equity and student success. The aim of ASSET is to serve the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor community by providing analysis that informs decisions about policies and practices that impact equitable student success, as well as to highlight issues that warrant attention.
The questions ASSET investigates are of particular interest to the provost, program directors, faculty members, and others in the university community. The investigations use institutional data from the U-M Data Warehouse, including the Learning Analytics Data Architecture (LARC) data set, response data from surveys (e.g., the U-M Asks You (UMAY) survey), and interviews of students.
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Send questions or research requests to: asset-working-group@umich.edu or Claire Boeck, claboeck@umich.edu.
ASSET Members
Timothy A. McKay, tamckay@umich.edu
ASSET Co-Chair
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, Astronomy, Education, and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
Paul Courant, pnc@umich.edu
ASSET Co-Chair
Edward M. Gramlich Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus, Provost Emeritus
Claire Boeck (she/her), claboeck@umich.edu
ASSET Project Manager
Research Specialist in Institutional Research, Office of Budget and Planning
W. Carson Byrd, wcbyrd@umich.edu
Associate Research Scientist, Marsal Family School of Education
John Gonzalez, jagonza@umich.edu
Director of Rackham Institutional Research, Rackham Graduate School
Ben Koester, bkoester@umich.edu
Data Scientist, Undergraduate Education Division, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Dan Merian (he/him), dmerian@umich.edu
Director of Enrollment Management Analytics and Data, Office of Enrollment Management
Tracy Pattok (she/her), tpattok@umich.edu
Associate Director of Institutional Research, Office of Budget and Planning
Heather Rypkema, hrypkema@umich.edu
Head of Learning Analytics and FCI Assistant Director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Janel Sutkus, jsutkus@umich.edu
Director of Student Life Research, Student Life
Felecia Webb (she/her), frwebb@umich.edu
Director of Evaluation and Assessment, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)
ASSET Research
Areas of Current Research
- Who takes summer courses, why, and relationships to outcomes
- The impact of cost on student’s experiences
Findings from Prior Research
Below is a list of one-page summaries and select presentations of ASSET research. U-M Faculty and staff can download the PDFs (requires login).
To learn more about ASSET research or to request full reports, contact Claire Boeck (claboeck@umich.edu).
- Report #12A: Momentum: Hours Worked, Credits Taken, and Credit Success Rate
- Presentation for ACUM: Equity and Excellence in a U-M Undergraduate Education, Early Credit Momentum and Course Grades