GILJAE LEE
201 Loetscher Pl. #202, Princeton, NJ, 08540 Phone: 646-313-8180 (O); 212-541-0392 (F)
Email: Giljae.Lee@mail.cuny.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2010 College of Education and Human Development
Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development Higher Education Program
Dissertation: “Determinants of Baccalaureate Degree Completion and Time-to-Degree for High School Graduates in 1992”
M.A. Seoul National University, 2004 Graduate School of Education Educational Administration
B.A. Chungbuk National University, 2000 Department of Education
Education HONORS AND AWARDS
Cameron L. Fincher Award [Best Dissertation of the Year], 2009. Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Nominee for Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (Merit based fellowship), 2009. University of Minnesota
Selected as a fellow from a nation-wide competition for the 2008 National Summer Data Policy Institute on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and National Science Foundation (NSF) databases, 2008. Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
“Best Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) Paper” Award, 2007: Huesman, R. L., Brown, A. K., Lee, G., Kellogg, J. P., & Radcliffe, P. M. Modeling Student Academic Success: Does Usage of Campus Recreation
Facilities Make a Difference? Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE)
CERTIFICATIONS
OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition)11g Reports and Dashboards, ONYX Software Development Training Company, Chaska, MN, April, 2012.
OBIEE 11g BI Publisher, ONYX Software Development Training Company, Chaska, MN, May, 2012.
Dimensional Data Modeling, ONYX Software Development Training Company, Chaska, MN, May, 2012.
OBIEE Building Repository, ONYX Software Development Training Company, Chaska, MN, June, 2012.
2008 Summer Data Policy Institute, Association for Institutional Research, National Center for Education Statistics, & National Science Foundation, June, 2008.
Completed a course on data collected and housed by the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Learned how to use the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(IPEDS), Peer Analysis System, Executive Peer Tool, Data Cutting Tool, and Data Analysis System (DAS)
Completed HIPAA training (parts 1-4), University of Minnesota, September, 2005.
Certified in Responsible Conduct of Research, University of Minnesota, September, 2005.
Qualified to serve as a principal investigator
Certificate, Teacher of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea, 2000.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
evaluation, student outcome analysis, and cost-benefit analysis
Student Success: Undergraduate retention, graduation, Time-to-Degree, and degree credits
Strategic Enrollment Management and Planning: Admissions policy, strategic enrollment management, enrollment projection model, strategic planning model, and academic supports
Finance in higher education: Tuition increases and student access to higher education, impact of financial aid, and faculty salary and job turnover International Cyber Education: Developing a virtual classroom environment
across nations utilizing Simschool and Second Life and examining the
effectiveness of the initiative in the advancement of multicultural knowledge of students and instructors
EMPLOYMENT
2013-Present Director
Office of Policy Research
Office of Institutional Research & Assessment at the City University of New York (CUNY)
Identify, design, and perform policy research to support decisions at CUNY to promote students’ success
Collaborates with the team members of the Office of Policy Research on various issues on access to and success in postsecondary education Works with broader interest groups outside of CUNY system to increase
institutional efficiency/effectiveness and hold it accountable to the public 2009-2013 Director
Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), Duluth, Minnesota
Conducted a wide range of research on policy issues concerning the University, such as providing admissions guidelines based on incoming students’ characteristics and predicting the probability of their success, evaluating the effectiveness of academic programs/initiatives, analyzing the relationship between financial aid and student success, and initiating research projects
Served various reporting needs ranging from basic student enrollment information to tuition attribution and improved the integrity of data generation by establishing/standardizing SQL commands
Have been contributing to the University of Minnesota system-wide efforts in establishing an innovative data communication environment by serving as a member of the Business Intelligence Implementation
Committee (BIIC)
Developed enrollment projection models and managed the Strategic Planning Model, designed and administered various surveys, provided professional advice on survey design and research, and reported institutional data to external agencies such as IPEDS and U.S. News & World Report
Served as the leader of professional program evaluators for grant programs awarded by the federal government (NSF)
Analyzed surveys to address policy questions concerning student success at UMD, including the Student Satisfaction Inventory (by Noel-Levitz), Student Experience Survey (SES), National Survey of Student
Engagement (NSSE), and the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE)
Utilized national longitudinal data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and National Student Clearinghouse to answer policy questions related to retention and graduation rates Promoted data communication and contributed to the data literacy of
campus leadership: I restructured the Office of Institutional Research website to promote data communication at UMD and made presentations for department heads to help them understand data structure of the University of Minnesota system
2007-2009 Administrative Fellow
Office of Institutional Research (OIR) at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Analyzed ad-hoc policy issues, evaluated the effectiveness of campus-wide programs, and initiated research projects
Learned SQL database management language for extracting data from the data warehouse (People Soft)
methods
Summarized research findings for presentations at professional conferences such as AIR and Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
2005-2007 Research Assistant
Postsecondary Education Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Constructed master data sets for different studies using NCES databases and conducted research projects
Completed research ethics training and learned how to use NCES and NSF data
2004-2005 Research Associate
Seoul National University Reform project, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Collaborated with other researchers to improve the governance structure of the Seoul National University
2001-2003 Lead Research Assistant
Educational Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea As a team leader, I supervised four graduate research assistants in
organizing an international conference, conducting research projects, and processing daily administrative tasks
2000-2001 Educational Administrator
Research Institute of Education, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
As a civil servant, I managed research projects, assisted with editing the annual journal publication, and organized various conferences
RESEARCH GRANTS
Dissertation Grant from the Association for Institutional Research (2009-2010). Principal Investigator, “Moving Toward a Truer Picture: Factors Affecting Undergraduate Degree Completion and Time-to-Degree.” Award Amount: $20,000.
National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC)].
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Kim, H., Lee, G., & Lee, J. (under review). What Affects School Satisfaction? Differentiated Approach by Subgroups of Secondary School Constituents.
Korean Journal of Educational Administration.
Sanford, T., Lee, G., & Lee, J. (under review). Variables that explain changes in institutional rankings in U.S. News & World Report. KEDI Journal of
Educational Policy.
Lee, G., Kot, F., & Lee, J. (under review). Balancing the Needs for the Pursuit of Knowledge and Timely Graduation: What Affects the Total Number of Degree Credits. Korean Journal of Educational Administration.
Hendel, D., Horn, A., & Lee, G. (2010). The Development of an Adjusted Degree Completion Indicator for Postsecondary Accountability System. Minnesota Educational Policy Working Group. Research Brief 1-10.
Huesman, R. L., Brown, A. K., Lee, G., Kellogg, J. P., & Radcliffe, P. M. (2009). Gym Bags and Mortarboards: Is Use of Campus Recreation Facilities Related to Student Success? NASPA Journal, 46(1), 50-71.
Lee, G. (2002). School Choice and Its Limits. Asia Pacific Education Development Monograph.
Lee, G. (2002). Exploring the Managerial Characteristics of Alternative Schools.
Asia Pacific Education Development Monograph.
Lee, G. (2002). The Crisis of Public Education and Alternative Education
Pacific Education Development Monograph. DISSERTATIONS
Lee, G. (2010). “Determinants of Baccalaureate Degree Completion and Time-to-Degree for High School Graduates in 1992”
Lee, G. (2004). “Developing a model of educational marketing focusing on public high schools in South Korea”
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Lee, G., & Lee, J. (May, 2013). What are the Driving Factors of Continuing Tuition Increase? Paper accepted and to be presented at annual forum of the
Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Long Beach, Los Angeles.
Kim, H., Lee, G., & Lee, J. (November, 2012). What Affects School Satisfaction? Differentiated Approach by Subgroups of Secondary School Constituents. Paper presented at the 6th Korean Education Longitudinal Study (KELS) Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, G., Kot, F., & Lee, J. (June, 2012). Balancing the Needs for the Pursuit of Knowledge and Timely Graduation: What Affects the Total Number of Degree Credits. Paper presented at annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yoon, J., Lee, G., Kim, T., & Shin, Y. (November, 2011). International Cyber School: Multicultural Learning Environment. National Association of
Multicultural Education (NAME) conference. Chicago, IL.
Sanford, T., & Lee, G. (October, 2011). Factors that affect graduation and time to degree: A system analysis. Research paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Association for Institutional Research. Atlanta, GA.
Lee, G., Thomas, S., & Jung, H. (2009, Nov.). Factors Affecting Degree Completion and Time-to-Degree. Research paper presented at 2009 annual
conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lee, G., Brown, A. K., Henson, J., Huesman, R. L. (2009, September). The role of psychological factors on college student retention. Research paper presented at the annual conference of the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), Buffalo, NY. [This paper was pulled because of budget cut from the state government.]
Thomas, S., & Lee, G. (2008, Nov.). Variables that explain changes in
institutional rankings in U.S. News & World Report. Research paper, presented at 2008 annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Jacksonville, FL.
Huesman, R. L., Brown, A. K., Lee, G., Kellogg, J. P., & Radcliffe, P. M. (2007, September). Modeling Student Academic Success: Does Usage of Campus Recreation Facilities Make a Difference? (This paper was presented again at the 2008 annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, because the paper won the “Best Paper Award” from CSRDE).
Goldfine, L. S., Jones-White, D. R., Lee, G. (2008, May). Hitting a Moving Target: Using Multi-Dimensional Aggregation to Navigate the Landscape of Ever-Changing College Rankings. Paper presented at annual forum of the
Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Seattle, Washington.
Chien, C. L., & Lee, G. (2008, March). The Roles of Gender and Pre-college Achievement in Explaining Students’ Choices of Mathematics- and Science-Oriented Majors in Taiwan. Paper presented at annual meetings of the
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), New York, NY.
Lee, G., Huesman, R. L., Brown, A. K., Kellogg, J. P., & Radcliffe, P. M. (2007, November). Does The Use of a Student Recreational Complex Make Any
Difference in Undergraduate Student Outcomes-Measured by Degree Completion and Time-to-Degree? Poster presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Louisville, KY. (Also presented at the Research Day Forum
of the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development, [2008, February]).
Huesman, R. L., Radcliffe, P. M., Jones-White, D. R., Kellogg, J. P., & Lee, G. (2007, October). Identifying Factors Related to Student Success: Utilizing Multinomial Logit Regression to Study Graduation in Higher Education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research Upper Midwest (AIRUM), Bloomington, MN.
Huesman, R. L., Brown, A. K., Lee, G., Kellogg, J. P., & Radcliffe, P. M. (2007, September). Modeling Student Academic Success: Does Usage of Campus Recreation Facilities Make a Difference? Paper presented at the annual
conference of the Consortium for Student Data Exchange (CSRDE), Milwaukee, WI.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Leader of grant program evaluation team, The Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program; PI: Dr. Clark, BL., Award amount: $3,800,000, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota Duluth, January, 2012-2013 Council member, Strategic Enrollment Management Council, University of
Minnesota Duluth, September, 2011-2013
Business Intelligence Implementation Committee (BIIC) member, University of Minnesota System, July, 2010-2013
Enrollment Management Council member, University of Minnesota Duluth, January, 2010-September, 2011
Journal reviewer: Multicultural Education Review (MER)
Conference paper reviewer: Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange Business Intelligence Implementation Committee: Data governance
subcommittee
University of Minnesota System-Wide Business Intelligence Steering Committee member, July, 2012-2013
Assistantship from Seoul National University: From Sept. 2001 to Feb. 2003 Assistantship from Brain Korea 21st Century National Research Project
Scholarship from Chungbuk National University: From Mar. 1998 to Feb. 2000 Scholarship from Joongwon Foundation: From Mar. 1997 to Feb. 1998
MEDIA CAPTURE
The paper presented at the 2008 ASHE conference featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education; “Most Colleges Chase Prestige on a Treadmill, Researchers Find,” By Peter Schmidt, November 21, 2008.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Consortium for Student Data Exchange (CSRDE) American Educational Research Association (AERA)
