Christine Brooks Cote

Contact Information

Director of Institutional Research
Bowdoin College
5900 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011-8450

E-mail: ccote@bowdoin.edu
Phone: (207) 725-3797
Fax: (207) 725-3338

Office of Institutional Research

Background


Nineteen years of experience in educational research, program evaluation, survey design, and data analysis. Interests include student academic engagement, curriculum research, student development, evaluation methods, and assessment of outcomes.

Director of Institutional Research at Bowdoin College since 1992.

Ed.D., Western Michigan University, Educational Leadership, Concentration in Research, Evaluation, and Measurement.
M.A., University of Notre Dame.
M.A., University of California at Riverside.
B.A., University of San Diego.

Professional memberships: Association for Institutional Research, Northeast Association for Institutional Research, American Educational Research Association, and American Evaluation Association.

Professional Activities


Assessment at Selective Liberal Arts Colleges: A Model for Motivating Inquiry [Presentation Materials]. Presentation given with Mark Freeman and Erin Lowery-Corkran at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1, 2004.

Several Colleges Collaborate to Assess "Study Abroad" -- Influential Factors, Experiences and Outcomes [PowerPoint Presentation]. Presentation given with Jim Fergerson and Mark Freeman at the 2004 conference of the North East Association for Institutional Research, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 15, 2004.

Identifying Dimensions of Student Intentionality in Academic and Career Planning [Presentation Materials]. Presentation given with Robert Froh and Elizabeth Reilly at the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Educating Intentional Learners Conference, Philadelphia, November 13, 2004.

Student Reflective Reports - Exploring Student Intentionality in the First Year of College. Presentation given with Jerome Himmelstein, Elizabeth Reilly and Erin Lowery-Corkran as part of a Mellon-sponsored conference entitled Motivating Inquiry Regarding Teaching and Learning At Critical Transition Points in Liberal Education. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, May 14, 2004.

Mellon Conference on the Assessment of Liberal Arts Education. Invited Participant. Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, April 16-17, 2004.

Meaning and Practice of Assessment in Liberal Arts Education. Evaluation of Grant-Funded Projects: An Application of Principles. Workshops given at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, January 21, 2004.

Working with Faculty to Consider the Impact of Teaching on Student Learning. Presentation given with Robert Froh, Ellen Peters, and Erin Lowery-Corkran at the 2003 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Newport, Rhode Island, November 2003.

Team Evaluator. Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, June 2003.

Assessment for Project Success. Workshop given at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, for Five Colleges, Incorporated, March 28, 2003.

Evaluator, Spring 2003. New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Publication: Effective Assessment And Institutional Change. By Christine Brooks Cote, Marianne Jordan. In Building Robust Learning Environments In Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics. Edited by Jeanne L. Narum, Kate Conover. New Directions For Higher Education. Number 119, Fall 2002.

Three Viewpoints on the Teaching and Learning of Writing. Presentation given at the 2002 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Annapolis, Maryland, November 2002.

Meeting and Exceeding the Challenge: How an Institutional Researcher Can Position an Institution for Assessment. Pre-Conference Workshop given at the 2002 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Annapolis, Maryland, November 2002.

Evaluator, Fall 2002. New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

The Importance of Evaluation. Presentation given at the 2002 meeting of Corporate and Foundation Relations Officers (SCAFRO), Bowdoin College, July 2002.

Not Just Another Survey: What Students Tell Us About Their Courses. Presentation given at the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) 2002 Assessment Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2002.

Assessment: Moving Towards Quality. Presentation given at the annual retreat of the Bowdoin College Library staff, Sebasco, Maine, June 2002.

Another Angle on Curriculum Review: What Students Tell Us About Their Courses. Presentation given at the 2001 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Boston, Massachusetts, November 2001.

Using Enrollment Search from the National Student Clearinghouse. Presentation given with Ken Ostberg at the 2001 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Boston, Massachusetts, November 2001.

Served as Evaluation Consultant for Workshop Series D of the Project Kaleidoscope 2001 Summer Institute, Snowbird, Utah, July 2001.

Fundamentals of Evaluation: A Different Kind of Inquiry. Invited speaker for faculty and staff at Colby College, March 2001.

Pluralism and Unity Program, funded by the Hewlett Foundation, Bowdoin College. Serving as Internal Evaluator, 2001.

Implementing and Raising Awareness of Service Learning as a Pedagogical Tool, funded by Community, Higher Education, Schools Partnership (CHESP), Bowdon College. Serving as Internal Evaluator, 2001.

Selected participant in the American Council on Education's National Identification Program (ACE/NIP): Maine Academic Management Institute, 2000-2001.

Evaluation: Establishing a Useful Framework. Invited speaker for the annual meeting of the Colleges of Liberal Arts Sponsored Programs (CLASP), Bowdoin College, November 2000.

Successful Grant Seeking Through Strong Evaluation. Invited speaker for the Grants for Lunch Series, Bowdoin College, October 2000.

Innovative Adaptive-Learning Courseware: Addressing Students' Different Learning Styles - FIPSE grant received by Bowdoin College. Serving as Chief Evaluator, 2000-2002.

The Role of Institutional Research in a Curriculum Review: Moving Faculty From Broad Questions to Recommendations for Change. Presentation given at the 1999 conference of the Northeast Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR), Newport, Rhode Island, November 1999.

Analyzing Faculty Workload -- The Devil's in the Details. Presentation given at the summer conference of the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS), Burlington, Vermont, June 1999.

Faculty Salary Structure Analysis. Served as Consultant/Analyst for Hartwick College, 1997.

Faculty Salary Structure Analysis. Served as Consultant/Analyst for Illinois Wesleyan University, 1997.

Developing Indices for Measuring Faculty Workload. Presentation given at the summer conference of the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS), University of New Hampshire, June 1996.

Sensitivity of the ACT COMP Objective Test to Structural Differences Among General Education Programs in Liberal Arts Colleges and Comprehensive Universities. Doctoral Dissertation. Successfully defended on May 5, 1994 at Western Michigan University.

Elderlearning Survey Analysis. Served as data analyst for Lois Lamdin while she was doing research for her book Elderlearning, 1994.

Academic Roundtable: Faculty Productivity-Issues of Measurement. Presentation given at the annual conference of the Northern New England Branch of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers, October 8, 1993.

Student Retention: The National Perspective. Tri-State University Noontalk Series, February 12, 1992.

First-to-Second Term Retention in a Two-Year College. Community and Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, September/October 1990.

A Framework for Evaluating Developmental Education Programs. Presentation given at the annual conference of the National Association for Developmental Education, Boston, March 2, 1990.

PALOS PROJECT: Interactive Video Math Instruction. Presentation given with Lyn Batzer at the annual conference of the Great Lakes Chapter of the American Technical Education Association, November 3, 1989.

Program Evaluation: Developing a Plan You Can Live With. Presentation given at the annual conference of the Indiana Association for Developmental Education, Indianapolis, October 14, 1988.

December 6, 2004