Jeffrey Cornett, Managing Director, Institutional Research

The Director oversees the productive output of the Office of Institutional Research, which includes data and information related to enrollment planning, student performance, state of Florida reporting requirements, and college-identified indicators of progress. The department also maintains electronic reporting tools for the college faculty, staff, and administration, and the Director works closely with the Office of Information Technology. As large contributors to the College's culture of evidence, considerable emphasis is placed on providing data and analysis regarding student learning and outcomes.

Alys Arceneaux, Manager, Institutional Research

Alys oversees the preparation of State, Federal and private agency reports. She attends state and local meetings to remain current with reporting requirements and shares concerns and insights about data quality and feasibility. She works closely with the Offices of Information Technology, Registrar, Human Resources, Financial Aid, and Facilities to ensure accuracy of Banner data, reports, and databases submitted to the State. She prepares FTE reports and projections, ad hoc reports, and coordinates and completes surveys for external agencies. Alys is the IRLA member of the Atlas Process Improvement Team, the Calendar Committee, and is Valencia’s Reports Coordinator for the FLDOE Management Information System Advisory Task Force.

Michal Ewing, Research Analyst

Michal is responsible for researching, writing, and editing internal and external reports and analyses for publication and distribution within and outside Valencia. She created and maintains the IRLA internet website. Michal fields internal and external information/data requests received via the IRLA website, email, and interoffice mail by helping users to select accurate criteria for for their requests. She coordinates, edits, and prepares the Statistical History Fact book and the Instructional Productivity Report. Michal also works with academic areas to promote data accuracy and modifications.

Donna is responsible for analyzing and preparing the Credit Registration Report each term. She maintains and creates data queries and reports throughout each term and also prepares ad hoc reports as needed. She also administers the Cognos website, maintaining Cognos security and supporting Cognos users, and is the primary trainer for Cognos Query and Impromptu. In addition, she assists users with Access databases. She represents the department on Valencia 's Budget and Financial Advisory Group and on FACC's Occupational and Workforce Development Commission.

Daryl prepares ad hoc reports in response to user requests as well as recurring reports such as the Student Characteristics, Market Share, and Instructional Productivity reports. His analyses are based upon extracts from data sources and systems throughout the college. Using the SAS System as his primary programming tool, he maintains specialized databases and assists in the development of new data sources.

Larry produces ad hoc reports and analyses of Valencia data that are requested by College staff, faculty, or administrators. He works with Cognos Query, Valencia's online business intelligence query software, designing and maintaining the data models and associated database objects that enable end-users' queries to be built. He does the database work and programming for the Credit Registration Report. He represents IRLA on designated College taskforces and committees.