What Does IR Do?
Supports accreditation and assessment at the institutional, department, and program level.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| NECHE accreditation support | As requested |
| Program-level accreditation support | As requested |
| Program review support | As requested |
| Administrative policy development process support | On-going |
| Strategic Budget and Resource Committee (SBRC)—Director is a member | Weekly |
| Strategic plan support | As requested |
Completes surveys for a variety of publications that prospective students use in selecting colleges, including publications that rank institutions.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| ACT Graduate | April |
| ACT Undergraduate | March |
| College Board | December |
| Common Data Set | November |
| Peterson's Graduate | March |
| Peterson's Undergraduate | February |
| Princeton Review | March |
| US News and World Report/td> | April-June |
| Wintergreen Orchard | April |
Data Management: The office helps to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and usability of the college’s data for a variety of purposes. We also create and maintain the official files for reporting, research, and analysis.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| Admissions: Create Official Term files | Last day of add/drop each term (Fall & Spring) |
| CASBO (Committee on Administration Systems & Business Operations)—Associate Director is a member | Monthly |
| CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Codes—Assign and maintain for RIC | On-going |
| Completions—Create official annual files | July |
| Course & Enrollment—Create official term files | Last day of add/drop each term (Fall, Spring, Summer) |
| Data Governance Council—Director co-chairs | Ongoing |
| Data Integrity Committee—Associate Director chairs | Ongoing |
| Employee—Create official file from data obtained from HR | November |
| Faculty Load—Create official file | Middle of fall and spring terms, dependent on payroll. |
| Faculty Salary—Create official file jointly with HR | October |
| Grades and Credits—Create official end-of-term files | Six weeks after the end of each term |
| OPC (Office Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner) Data Warehouse—Create and send files | As requested |
Gathers, maintains, and analyzes information on the college’s external context, including state legislation, labor market trends, competitor institutions, etc.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| External data on demographic, labor market, and other trends | As requested |
| Institutional peer group—Develop and maintain | On-going |
| Literature on key higher education issues—Maintain library on office shared drive | On-going |
Takes responsibility for ensuring that that college meets its external reporting requirements to the Federal government, state, accrediting agencies, and other organizations; completes or assists with a variety of surveys for such entities; responds to ad hoc requests from external constituencies when appropriate.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| AAUP (American Association of University Professors) Faculty Compensation Survey | December |
| APRA (Access to Public Records Act) Process for non-financial requests | On-going |
| Ad hoc requests—Respond to requests for data from external constituencies. | On-going |
| CSWE (Council of Social Work Education) Annual Survey of Social Work Programs | January |
| CUPA (College and University Personnel Association) Compensation Surveys -(Administrative, Faculty, and Professional Staff) | December/January |
| IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) Fall Collection (Institutional Characteristics, Completions, 12-Month Enrollment) | October |
| IPEDS Spring Collection (Fall Enrollment, Finance, Human Resources, Academic Libraries, Admissions) | April |
| IPEDS Winter Collection (Student Financial Aid, Graduation Rates, 200% Graduation Rates, Outcomes) | February |
| National and regional surveys (NSF, NEBHE, NCES, etc.) | Depends on survey |
| NASAD (National Association of Schools of Arts & Design) HEADS (Higher Education Higher Education Arts Data Services) Survey | January |
| NASM (National Association of Schools of Music) HEADS Survey | January |
| NECHE (New England Commission of Higher Education) Annual Profile | April/May |
| OPC Enrollment Report | October |
| PBN (Providence Business News) surveys | As requested |
| RI Performance Funding Initiative | November |
Represents the college in a number of organizations related to research and higher education policy.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| NEAIR (Northeast Association for Institutional Research) Finance Committee—Director is a member | Several times a year |
| NEAIR Workshop Coordinator—Associate Director is a member | Monthly |
| NECHE Institutional liaison—Director is a member | On-going |
| OPC Data Warehouse Steering Committee—Director is a member | On-going |
| State committees and organizations, other—Director is a member | As requested |
Generates standard reports each term to keep the campus community informed on key trends regarding enrollment, course taking patterns, faculty, etc.; also responds to ad hoc requests for data from internal constituencies.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| Ad hoc requests—Respond to request for data from variety of institutional constituencies | On-going |
| Enrollment Projections | Fall: July/August Spring: December |
| Enrollment Tracking (via business intelligence dashboards and reports) | Fall: September Spring: November-January Summer: April-June |
| Fact Book | Spring term |
| Narrative Enrollment Report | Fall: Late September/Early October Spring: February Summer: July |
| Narrative reports on specific survey results | As requested |
| Narrative reports on topics (Retention, Transfer students, etc.) | As requested |
| Official Census Report | Fall: Late September Spring: Mid-February |
| Quick Facts | November |
| Retention Report | November |
Conducts institution-wide surveys of students, staff, and other constituencies on a variety of topics to support planning and assessment; manages the college’s survey research policy and assists other offices/units in developing and administering surveys that are approved through the policy.
| Project | Time of Year Completed |
| Alumni Survey, One Year Out, Graduate | June-August (2017-2020) |
| Alumni Survey, One Year Out, Undergraduate | June-August (2014-2020) |
| Campus Climate Working Group-Director is a member and office serves as official repository for Campus Climate survey data | On-going |
| Graduate Student Survey | March-April, (2016, 2017) |
| Homegrown surveys (to support college/department/unit policies and initiatives, etc.) | As requested |
| NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) | March-April, Every Other Year (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018) |
| National Surveys, other -(ECAR, etc.) | As requested |
| Non-Returning Student Survey | Beginning of each semester (2017, 2018) |
| Student Census | March-April, Every Other Year (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Survey of Accepted Students, Freshmen | April-June (2013-2018) |
| Survey of Accepted Students, Transfers | April-June (2015-2018) |
| Survey Research Policy—Manage policy for college | On-going |
