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Institutional Research & Assessment

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), supports the advancement of the college’s mission and vision by providing information and research services useful for institutional planning, policy formation, evidence-based decision making and assessment of student learning outcomes.

As the designated office for official data reporting and analysis, the OIRA operates under the direction of the provost and vice president for academic affairs and serves as a centralized resource for collecting, organizing, analyzing and disseminating timely, accurate and reliable data to internal and external constituents.

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment works closely with the Outcomes Assessment Committee, which has oversight for efforts directed toward the assessment of student learning outcomes.

Assessment

Assessment is the process by which we deliberately and systematically collect information about student learning. This information is important in knowing whether Hilbert College is fulfilling its mission of educating students in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed citizens committed to serving and strengthening their communities. Learn more about our assessment practices by reviewing our Blackboard pages.

  • Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS)
    The IPEDS Data Center is a free consumer information tool designed to help students, institutions, university administrators, statisticians, and others get the postsecondary education data they need. The Data Center allows users to retrieve IPEDS data using the functions listed on the main menu, including comparing and ranking institutions, creating group reports, generating statistics, and downloading survey reports.
  • The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) requires the annual reporting of data from colleges and universities nationwide. The NCES gathers and disseminates this data using the Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS), a web-based data collection tool.

Research

Institutional Research serves as a reliable source for comprehensive and authoritative information about the institution. In short, it:

  • assists the administration and faculty in their planning and assessment activities
  • serves as a primary contact with state and federal agencies with respect to information reporting
    responds to internal and external data requests
  • produces educational and organizational studies, reports and summaries
  • develops and maintains a cycle of regular institutional studies, reports and databases designed to support recurring decision needs of the institution
  • serves as a reliable source for comprehensive and authoritative information about the institution
  • oversees the institution’s response to national statistical surveys, questionnaires and other non-routine requests for data or information
  • serves as a resource for techniques of institutional research, research methodologies and the design and execution of information systems and surveys.

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