Institutional Research collects, analyzes, and reports quantitative and qualitative data about faculty,
students, curriculum and learning outcomes to inform the University’s decision-making and planning process. Activities
include survey data compilation, environmental scanning, and comparative studies with peer institutions, external data
reporting and regulatory reporting.
Institutional Research can answer questions such as:
- Is the institution’s student population growing, declining or remaining stable?
What age group or groups does the institution presently serve?
- Do the various units respond to the educational needs of older/younger students?
- What are desirable new programs for the University?
- What is the faculty composition: full-time, adjunct, etc?
- What ethnicity groups comprise the population?
- What is the completion rate of first-time freshmen?
- What is the career services placement rate?
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