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The William L. McCulley III Best Paper Award
The Tennessee Association for Institutional Research (TENNAIR) joins the higher education community in remembering the life of Bill McCulley who was killed in a plane crash April 21, 2000. Bill, his wife Cindy, his two small children, Ryan and Megan, and his father-in-law, Ira Walden, were killed in a plane crash while traveling to visit family in Virginia. Bill gave so much, not only to TENNAIR, but to the profession of higher education as well. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, integrity, dedication, and love for his family. Bill McCulley will be sadly missed. At the annual conference on August 11, 2000, members of the Tennessee Association for Institutional Research voted and approved that as a lasting memorial to Bill, the TENNAIR Best Paper Award be named The William L. McCulley III Best Paper Award. A committee of reviewers, appointed by the Chair, will comprise the Best Paper Committee. The Committee will select a Best Paper from among those presented at each TENNAIR conference. A plaque recognizing the William L. McCulley III Best Paper Award will be presented at the TENNAIR conference the following year. The authors of the Best Paper are invited to present at The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Forum following the TENNAIR conference, in further recognition of the presenters, the paper, and TENNAIR. A RESOLUTION TO RENAME THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH “BEST PAPER AWARD” TO THE “WILLIAM L. McCULLEY, III, BEST PAPER AWARD” WHEREAS, Mr. William L. McCulley, III, served the higher education community and institutional research field with distinction for eleven years; and WHEREAS, During his five and a half years with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and six months with Belmont University, Mr. McCulley left a lasting impression upon the higher education community in the state of Tennessee; and WHEREAS, During his tenure many of the statewide benchmark reports, data collection programs, and information exchange efforts were either developed or improved as a result of Mr. McCulley’s work; and WHEREAS, Mr. McCulley was highly regarded for his dedication, research skills, and work ethic and was a respected, valued, and active member of many organizations including the Tennessee Association for Institutional Research; and WHEREAS, Mr. McCulley was an active member of TENNAIR as a participant, presenter, and colleague; and WHEREAS, Mr. McCulley was a major contributor to the overall purpose of TENNAIR by being a source for cooperation of higher education interests and interchange of ideas, as well as being committed to the professional development of members within; and WHEREAS, Mr. McCulley’s passing left not only a void within the professional higher education community, but also represented the loss of a mentor, trusted colleague, and friend to so many. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tennessee Association for Institutional Research expresses its sincere sympathy to the families of William McCulley and wishes to express our appreciation for the time we had to know him; and BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that the Tennessee Association for Institutional Research “Best Paper Award” selected from papers presented at the association’s annual meeting will now be called the “William L. McCulley, III, Best Paper Award”. Houston Davis, author Cornelia Wills, TENNAIR president BEST PAPER AWARD RECIPIENTS:
2002 “The Determinants of Satisfaction with Educational
Experience: How Universities and Community Colleges Differ” 2003 "Predictors of One-Year Retention in the Tennessee
Degree Atainmentt Tracking System" 2004 "Using Scholarship Management Research to Optimize
the Impact of Scholarship Funds: An Introduction to Scholarship Yield
Analysis," 2005 "An Investigation of Institutional Research
in Tennessee Community Colleges: Functions, Technology Use,"
2006 "Developing a Faculty Salary Model to Investigate
Compression" 2007 "The Shape of Higher Education: A Look Back
to 1960 and Forward to 2020"
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