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Welcome to the office of Institutional Research and Analysis, the office through which the University monitors itself. The department collects data about each of the departments on campus and uses it to generate reports that are used by the departments and the administration.
Mission
The mission of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis
is to serve as a centralized data source providing meaningful
information for effective decision making.
Institutional Research and Analysis includes those activities
directed at empirically describing and evaluating the educational,
administrative, and support functions of North Dakota State
University. These activities include data gathering, analyses,
evaluation, summarization, and reporting.
Examples of areas of reporting include:
1) students (admission, performance, enrollment, degree
completion),
2) organizational information (employees, courses, degree
programs),
3) institutional resources and performance, and
4) financial
The Office is a reliable source for authoritative information about the institution to serve both academic and administrative functions. The Office prepares standard reports for internal and external users.