Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

In addition to the standard static reports on our website OIRA has been working over the last year to include interactive reports that our users can customize and utilize to answer additional data questions they may have.  Visit our public interactive data page to interact with dashboards on:  Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions:  Includes filters for […]

Our annual unrequited love report has been updated for fall 2020 using data from the National Student Clearinghouse. This report provides insight into where UMaine’s admitted, but non-matriculated undergraduate students enroll. This year’s report examines enrollment patterns for the 9,682 first-time students who enrolled elsewhere.  We also disaggregate the findings by residency (i.e., Maine residents […]

(contributed by Luisa Barry-Hershberger, a Master’s student in the Student Development in Higher Education program and fall intern in OIRA) The University of Maine Department of Residence Life performs various types of indirect assessments throughout each academic year targeting different groups of students to better understand students’ feelings and opinions of living on campus. Indeed, […]

Assessment work is typically focused at the course or program level, where plans are put in place to measure and reflect on student learning. However, there is a steep learning curve to develop effective and efficient assessment processes. Like any learning process, meaningful feedback is needed for growth and improvement to happen. To help support […]