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The Role of the Office Institutional Research and Program Assessment at Baruch College. Mission and Goals.
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The Role of the Office Institutional Research and Program Assessment at Baruch College
Mission and Goals • The mission of the Office of Institutional Research and Program Assessment (OIRPA) is to compile, maintain, and analyze institutional and other data to support the operation, decision-making, and planning functions of the College • Goals: • Provide reliable and accurate statistics for internal and external consumption • Provide data support for the College’s planning process • Develop evaluation plans and instruments for outcome assessment • Conduct in-depth survey research and analysis • Coordinate external reporting for the College (e.g., US News and World Report, The College Board, and Princeton Review)
Staff and Expertise • The OIRPA consist of four staff members: • Director, assistant director, graduate assistant, and college assistant • Reports to the vice president & provost for academic affairs • Expertise: • Economic policy analysis • Psychometrics • Program evaluation • Market research • Database management • Advance statistical analysis
Examples of Recent Assessment and Evaluation • Assessment of the core curriculum and student outcomes • Freshmen Orientation Survey • National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) • College Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE)
Examples of Recent External and Internal Surveys • US News and World Report College Rankings Survey • Part-time MBA program is ranked among the top 25 • Undergraduate business program is in the top 50 • Baruch’s School of Public Affairs ranked among the top 50 public affairs programs for its Master of Public Administration program • Baruch is the second most selective campus for undergraduate admissions among public institutions in New York State after the U.S. Military Academy • Baruch was named the most ethnically diverse institution of higher education in the United States • Princeton Review Best Colleges • Baron’s College Review
Examples of Recent Enrollment Reports • Student demographics • Time Status • Ethnicity • Gender • Native Language • Graduation and retention rates • Degree conferred • Enrollment phase report
Examples of Recent Ad-hoc Requests • Percentage of Baruch students who received a “F” grade each term for the past five years • Have professors been giving out less “F” grades over time? • Is there a difference in pass rates across the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters? • Performance profile for major feeder high schools • Which high schools are producing successful Baruch students? • Access database for Learning Communities data • Enrollment profile of Fall 2005 MPA program
Examples of Recent Statistical Analysis • Prediction method for students who are at-risk for poor performance in English 2100 • What factors predict successful performance? • Analysis of mid-semester report on learning community students and non-learning community students • Which group of students had a higher rate of academic or attendance problems?
Where Do the Data Come From? • Student Information Management System • Transactional enrollment data • CUNY Central's Institutional research data warehouse • Historical enrollment data: snapshot of enrollment approximately one month into the semester • CUPS • Faculty and Staff data • Surveys • Paper and pencil • online • Focus Groups
Institutional Research Tools for the General Baruch College Community • Common Data sets on the Baruch College Institutional Research website (www.baruch.cuny.edu/ir) contains information on: • Tuition and expenses • Financial aid • Student life • Faculty and class size • CUNY Central’s IR website (www.oira.cuny.edu) • Comparative enrollment, admission, student demographics and performance for all CUNY colleges • Enrollment profile for the past ten years are available through the eFactbook
Institutional Research • Questions & comments