Ryan L.
Smith
Education
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, PhD, Higher Education Policy, 2005. Thesis: Economic Impact of College Student Migration in Illinois
Drake University, Des Moines, IA, M.S.E., Higher Education, 1999. Thesis: Student-Athlete Satisfaction with & Adaptation to College
University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO, B.A.,
Art History & Archaeology, 1994
Experience
Joliet Junior College - Vice President, Institutional Advancement & Research,
December 2006-present
Joliet Junior College - Dean,
Institutional Research, August 2003-January
2007
University of Illinois - Researcher, Planning & Budgeting, August 2001-August 2003
University of Illinois - Researcher, Financial Aid, June 1999- August 2001
University of Missouri-Kansas City - Admissions Counselor, Admissions, June 1997- June 1999
Drake University - Academic Advisor, Athletics, June 1995-June 1997
Drake University - Financial Verification Editor in
Financial Aid, June 1995-June 1997
Publications
Smith, R., & Wall, A. F. (2005).
Estimating
the Economic Impact of College Student Migration. Carbondale, IL:
Southern Illinois University Illinois Education
Research Council.
Dean, D., Hunt, E., & Smith, R.
(2006).
Committing to Keep Illinois Students In-State: Understanding College Choice,
Student Migration, and Retention Strategies. Normal, IL:
Illinois State
University Center for Education Policy.
Wall, A., Frost, R. A., Smith, R.,
& Keeling, R. (2007). Examining a Higher Education Funding Formula in a Time of
Shifting Currents. Journal of Education Finance, in press.
Julian, J., & Smith, R. (2007).
Accountability in Community Colleges. Urbana, IL:
Office of Community College Research and
Leadership, in press.
Presentations
Smith, R. (2003, April). Delivering Community Youth Services Through Logic
Model and Outcome Systems. Springfield, IL: Annual Statewide Community Youth
Services Staff Development Conference.
Smith, R., & Wall, A. F. (2003,
November). Using Human Capital Theory to Develop a Policy Approach Towards
College Student Migration. Sibley, IL:
Illinois Association for Institutional Research. *Award
for best presentation.
Wall, A. F., & Smith, R. (2003,
November). College Student Alcohol Consumption. Sibley, IL:
Illinois Association for Institutional
Research.
Smith, R., & Wall, A. F. (2004,
June). Using Human
Capital Theory to Develop a Policy Approach Towards College Student Migration.
Boston, MA: Association for Institutional
Research.
Wall, A. F., & Smith, R. (2004,
November). Adequacy of School Funding and Its Relationship to Access in Higher
Education. Oak Brook, IL:
Illinois Association for Institutional Research.
Wall, A. F., & Smith, R. (2004, November). Differential Campus and Delivery Format Effects of an On-line Health Curriculum Among College Students. Oak Brook, IL: Illinois Association for Institutional Research.
Wright, D., & Smith, R. (2005, March). Conspicuous Action for Institutional Improvement. Peoria, IL: Illinois Central College Professional Development Day.
Smith, R. (2005, June). Projecting Demographics for South Suburban Chicago and Illinois. University Park, IL: South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium Project Exito Conference.
Smith, R., & Wall, A. F. (2005, June). Estimating the Economic Impact of College Student Migration to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Decatur, IL: Walking the Walk of Diversity Annual Conference.
Smith, R., & Wall, A. F. (2005, June). The Economic Impact of College Student Migration on the State of Illinois. Bloomington, IL: Illinois Education Research Council Focus on Illinois Education Research Symposium.
Smith, R. (2006, February). Discussion leader for presentation by William Duncombe, Responding to the Charge of Alchemy: Strategies for Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Cost-Out Research. Chicago, IL: Annual O'Leary Symposium on Education Economics.
Fine, P., Munch, R., Mitchell, J.,
& Smith, R. (2006, July). Breaking through to the Core of Our Core Values.
Chicago, IL: Continuous Quality Improvement
Network, Annual Conference.
Koren, L., Offermann, J., & Smith,
R. (2006, November). Using FrontPage to Develop On-line Surveys and Linking them
to Database Applications. Springfield, IL:
Illinois Association for Institutional
Research.
Smith, R. (2007, January). AQIP
Systems Portfolio Workshop, From College Expansion to Student Success (Panel).
Peoria, IL: Moraine Valley Community College
Professional Development Day.
Awards
Association for the
Study of Higher Education Policy Seminar, Sacramento, CA, November 2000
Richard and
Patricia Justice Fellow, University of Illinois, 2000-2001
Best Presentation Award, Illinois Association for Institutional Research,
2004
Associations
Iowa Student Personnel Association,
1995-1997
Missouri College Personnel
Association, 1998
American Education Research Association, 1999-2001
Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1999-2003
Illinois Association for Institutional
Research,
2003-present; Nominating Committee (2006-present)
Association for Institutional Research, 2003-present
Illinois Community
College Board, Management Information Systems Advisory Committee,
2004-present
Society for College and University Planning, 2004-present
National Community College Council for Research and Planning, 2004-present
A Few Projects
Morris, IL High School District,
Analysis of Data from a Survey about Drug and Alcohol Use Among Students, 2004
South Metropolitan Higher Education
Consortium, Institutional level data collection from IPEDS, 2004
Murray State University, Analysis
of the State of Kentucky Higher Education Funding Formula, 2006
Illinois State University Center for Education Policy,
College Student Migration Project, 2004-2006
Pilot Group in the
Community College Administrator 360-Degree Feedback Project,
Cornell University
Institute for Community College Development, 2007
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
International Center for Student Success and
Institutional Accountability,
Advisory Board,
2007