Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

The System Wide Academic Assessment Committee (SWAAC), on which a number of OIRA staff serve, will be offering a system-wide workshop in fall 2024 focused on interpreting results from assessing student learning to support program improvements. This topic was selected based on interest expressed by faculty in a survey last year. We would like your […]

We are gearing up to begin collecting First Destination data for students who will graduate in Spring 2024, as well as any students who graduated in Summer or Fall 2023. Students who know their plans for after graduation – whether that be with an employer, enrolling in graduate school, or service in the military, or […]

The IR Data Fellows Program, aimed at expanding data utilization and literacy across campus, began in January. This initiative seeks to equip staff throughout UMaine with the necessary skills to leverage campus data resources effectively, with the goal of establishing a sustainable data literacy strategy. This strategy aims to empower users and foster a broader […]

New Report Index OIRA’s Report Index provides a complete inventory of public static reports. We recently redesigned the Report Index to be more efficient and easily navigable, featuring dropdown menus organized by report topic. Categories include admissions, enrollment, retention and graduation, the First Destination Survey, student evaluations of teaching, and more. Our Common Data Set […]