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Responsibilities and Main Accomplishments, 2003-2006

Description of Responsibilities

The Office of Institutional Research and Planning (IR&P) provides information for senior administrators in areas of planning, decision-making, and policy development. It also supports the information needs and requirements of several University of Missouri internal and external constituents. To perform these functions, IR&P utilizes data across several systems—financial, student, human resources, grants and contracts, and financial aid. In addition, IR&P develops survey instruments, collects and analyzes data, and publishes reports using both primary and secondary data. The Office is responsible for providing compliance and required data to the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, National Center for Educational Statistics, data exchanges and peer alliances, and special requests from a host of external organizations. The Office of Institutional Research & Planning coordinates efforts among the campus institutional research offices in terms of reducing the duplication of effort, maintaining an institutional research data repository, sharing research methodologies, and achieving greater efficiencies. This Office also aids in the development and monitors progress of performance indicators included in the University of Missouri System Strategic Plan

Main Accomplishments, 2003-2006

  • Lead efforts in creating Missouri Legislative District Profiles for Government Relations, showing UM’s role in each legislative district (FY05 & on-going)
  • Refined efforts in providing consistent, timely, and accurate data for campus institutional research offices and executive information needs
    • Worked with UMR staff in developing student compliance reports and a census data warehouse (FY05 & on-going)
    • Representative on the Oracle Reporting Product Advisory Group and the PeopleSoft Reporting Product Advisory Council (FY05 – FY06)
    • Facilitated development of new HR federal & state compliance reports and a census based warehouse for reporting (FY05)
    • Chaired Task Force on Reporting Strategies and follow-up UM Work Team to Implement Reporting Strategies, leading to purchase of Cognos as a reporting tool for building key reporting warehouses (FY04)
  • Supported University initiatives sponsored by the Board of Curators, President, or Vice Presidents
    • Report on 10-year trends in regular & non-regular faculty (FY05 & on-going)
    • University-wide Resource Allocation Committee (FY04 & on-going)
    • Development of new ranked-regular faculty teaching load minimums (FY04)
    • Faculty Communication Proficiency Survey (FY03 – FY06 & on-going)
    • Academic Program Viability Audits (FY03 – FY04)
  • Undertook a comprehensive study of undergraduate financial aid, examining amount of aid received by income level group (FY04 – FY05)
  • Completed studies on transfer students, dual credit students, and students on academic probation (FY04 – FY05)
  • Took leadership role in collaborative state-wide data and research interests of the Missouri
  • Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) and the University of Missouri (FY03)
  • Coordinated annual Mid-America Association for Institution Research (MidAIR) Conference, continuing a strong presence in professional associations with acceptance of presentations and research papers at annual forums (FY05)

Reviewed 2011-03-16.