Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Welcome to the first Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) newsletter. OIRA exists to support the university community in the areas of planning, assessment, and decision-making by providing timely, accurate, and meaningful information to advance the university’s mission and values.  OIRA was formed in January 2019 as the merger of the former Office of […]

OIRA offers test scoring services for faculty and manages the paper and online student evaluations of teaching process. Testing Services Testing Services provides scanning services for faculty.  We have now moved to 120 Alumni Hall. The office is right inside the middle outside door facing the parking lot.  Please drop your tests off at the […]

The new OIRA website (umaine.edu/oira/) combines information from the Office of Assessment and Office of Institutional Research.  Among the offerings in this website are the following: IR data (e.g., enrollment, degrees, credit hours) organized by data type and college Power BI interactive dashboards that permit the disaggregation of data. Direct links to Student Learning Outcomes […]

How do we build a culture of assessment at the University of Maine? This is the question that frequently floats around our office.  How do we help create a culture of being reflective about the student learning outcomes for our programs? How do we support faculty doing this important work?  How do we help make […]

In the summer UMaine launched Navigate, an advisor-facing platform and student-facing app geared toward student engagement and success.  The implementation of Navigate is being coordinated by Kim Stewart (kimberly.stewart@maine.edu).  Kim joined the OIRA team as the UMaine Navigate Coordinator in September. The following provides some updates on our first-year implementation. Navigate for Faculty and Staff […]