Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

UMaine currently is collecting information on graduates from 2019-2020 with the Life After UMaine Survey.  In this survey, we ask graduates about their post-graduation employment and education status and how well prepared they felt for their job and/or educational pursuits.  The link to complete the survey is here.  We are encouraging units to share this […]

The OIRA UMaine Data web pages have been updated with information about the number of degrees conferred in 2020-2021.  On this page, you will find the overall degrees conferred, as well as degrees conferred by college and major.  (Information on degrees conferred by minor will be coming soon.) UMaine awarded 2,370 degrees in 2020-2021: 1,779 […]

Since spring 2020 all student evaluations have been administered online. Initial response rates dipped after the move to online (see table below), but this was also likely influenced by the COVID-19 move to remote instruction. Response rates rebounded in fall 2020 and spring 2021 but remained slightly lower than pre-pandemic rates. Response rate reports with […]

The OIRA has developed a short video providing an overview of the program assessment process. It can be found on our website: https://umaine.edu/oira/assessment/.

To further support the development and use of assessment information for improvement, OIRA is offering grants up to the amount of $1,000 ($4000 total available). Grants will be awarded to UMaine faculty or staff members in academic areas to conduct assessment-related projects or initiatives that directly support student learning outcome assessment processes for undergraduate, graduate, […]

Following our kickoff session with Sandra Bailey, the OIRA will be launching a series of assessment workshops for the fall. The workshops will include the following: Assessment 101 (Sept. 22 at 1pm) Building Strong Program Learning Outcomes (Oct. 6 at 1pm) Practical Steps for Building a Curriculum Map (Oct. 20 at 1 pm) Using Assessment […]

The Value of Assessment: Small Strategies with Big Impact Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2-3 PM Dr. Sandra Bailey is professor of business management at Oregon Institute of Technology. She is also the former director of academic excellence at Oregon Tech. During her seven-year tenure as director she guided the institution from an accountability focus to […]