Faculty and Staff Profiles

 Dr. Terry T. Ishitani's principal research interest is in the area of policy analysis in higher education and institutional research. He teaches courses on program evaluation and institutional research, as well as introductory statistics. Dr. Ishitani received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.

• PhD Higher Education, Planning, Policy, and Leadership Studies - The University of Iowa - 2000
• Master of Science Counseling and Human Systems - Florida State University - 1990

• Institutional Research Analyst, Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research - Indiana State University - 1/2001 - 7/2007
• Learning Coordinator, Support Service Program - The University of Iowa - 2/2000 - 12/2000

• Research Grant Award - American Educational Research Association -   - 2002 - 2004
• Dissertation Grant Award - American Educational Research Association -   - 1999 - 2000

• Association for Institutional Research - Publications Committee - 2007 - 2010
• Journal of Higher Education - Manuscript Reviewer - 2007 - Present
• Research in Higher Education - Manuscript Reviewer - 2007 - Present
• Sociology of Education - Manuscript Reviewer - 2010
• Journal of Vocational Behavior - Manuscript Reviewer - 2010
• American Educational Research Journal -SIA - Manuscript Reviewer - 2009

•  Ishitani, T. T. (Ed.). (2008). Institutional Planning Models: New Directions for Institutional Research.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.  

• Lusting, C. D., Zankas, S. A., & Ishitani, T. T. (under review). Perceived barriers to employment success: Are there differences between European American and African American VR consumers? 

• Ishitani, T. T., & McKitrick, S. A. (in press). The effects of academic programs and institutional characteristics on post-graduate civic engagement behavior. Journal of College Student Development. 

• Ishitani, T. T. (2011). The determinants of out-migration among in-state college students in the United States. Research in Higher Education. 52(2), 107-122.
• Ishitani, T. T. (2010). Exploring the effects of congruence and Holland’s personality codes on job satisfaction: An application of hierarchical linear modeling techniques.  Journal of Vocational Behavior. 76(1), 16-24.
• Ishitani, T. T. & McKitrick, S. A. (2010). After transfer: The engagement of community college students at a four-year collegiate institution. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 34(7), 1-15. 
• Ishitani, T. T. (2008). How do transfers survive after “Transfer Shock”? A longitudinal study of transfer student departure at a four-year institution. Forthcoming, Research in Higher Education. 
• Ishitani, T. T. (2008). How to plan timing of intervention for students at risk of departure. In T. T. Ishitani (Ed.),  Alternative Perspectives in Institutional Planning: New Directions for Institutional Research.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 
• Yonghong J. Xu & Ishitani, T. T. (2008). Bayesian modeling in institutional research: An example of nonlinear classification. In T. T. Ishitani (Ed.), Alternative Perspectives in Institutional Planning: New Directions for Institutional Research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 
• Ishitani, T. T. (2006). Studying attrition and degree completion behavior among first-generation college students in the United States. Journal of Higher Education, 77(5), 861-885.
• Ishitani, T. T., & Snider, K. G. (2006, May). Longitudinal effects of college preparation programs on college retention. IR Application.  

• Ishitani, T. T. (2004). Using event history modeling to examine time-varying effects of college student attrition behavior. In S. J. Paik (Ed.), Advancing Educational Productivity: Policy Implication from National Databases (pp. 153-173). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.

   
• Ishitani, T. T. (2003). A longitudinal approach to assessing attrition behavior among first-generation students: Time-varying effects of pre-college characteristics. Research in Higher Education, 44(4), 433-449. 
• Ishitani, T. T., & DesJardins, S. L. (2002). A longitudinal investigation of dropout from college in the United States. Journal of College Student Retention, 4(2), 173-201. 

• Ishitani, T. (May, 2011). Exploration of interstate college and post-graduation migration in the United States. Paper to be presented at the 51st Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, ON, CA. 
• “Exploration of interstate college and post-graduation migration in the United States” Paper to be presented at the 51^st Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, CA, May 23- May 25, 2011.
• “The determinants of out-migration among in-State college students in the United States.” Paper to be presented at the 50^th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, IL, May 29- June 2, 2010.
• “Time-varying nature of college attrition.” Keynote speaker, at  the International Forum on Student Retention in Higher Education, Bogota, Colombia, September 17-18, 2009.
• “The effects of academic programs and institutional characteristics on post-graduate social benefit behavior.” Paper presented at the 49^th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Atlanta, GA, May 30- June 3, 2009.
• “How do transfers survive after “transfer shock”? A longitudinal study of transfer student departure at a four-year institution.” Paper presented at the 48^th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Seattle, WA, May 25-28, 2008.
• "Studying educational attainment among first-generation students in the United States". Paper presented at the 45^th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Diego, CA, May 30-June 1, 2005.  
• “The longitudinal effects of college preparation programs on college retention.” Paper presented at the 44^th Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Boston, MA, May 30-June 2, 2004.
• “Attrition behavior of transfer students with different transfer-in timing.” Paper presented at the 18^th Annual Conference of the Indiana Association for Institutional Research, Terre Haute, IN, April 7-8, 2004.
• “Exploring time to graduation: Effects of pre-college characteristics and enrollment behavior on timely degree completion.” Paper presented at the 43^rd Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Tampa, FL, May 19-21, 2003.
• “Assessing learning community effectiveness: A three-year outlook.” Paper presented at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN, November 3-5, 2002.  
• “A longitudinal investigation of dropout from college in the United States.” Paper presented at the 42^nd Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 4-7, 2002.
• “A longitudinal investigation of dropout from college in the United States.” Paper presented at the 42^nd Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 4-7, 2002.
•  “A longitudinal approach to assessing dropout behavior among first-generation students: Time-varying effects of pre-college characteristics.” Paper presented at the 16^th Annual Conference of the Indiana Association for Institutional Research, Nashville, IN, March 28-29, 2002.
• “An application of event history modeling to assessing student dropout behavior: A national data approach.” Paper presented at the AERA Doctoral Grant Awardees Conference, Washington, DC, October 11-12, 2001.