Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

OIRA has welcomed two new staff members over the past six months.   Simona Mitevska is a new Research Analyst.  Simona recently earned two Master’s degrees from the University of Maine: An M.S. in Economics and an M.A. in Global Policy. Simona brings to the office a wealth of quantitative and data analysis skills and has […]

Average fall and spring response rates for online student evaluations of teaching at UMaine over the last several years are presented in the table below. While there was an initial rebound in response rates after the first COVID semester of spring 2020, rates were the lowest recorded in spring 2022. Additional response rate information, such […]

Over the summer, OIRA updated a number of the static reports on our website. Please see the following pages for updated reports. Degrees Conferred – By college, department, major and minor Student credit hours – By college and department FTE faculty – By college and department Please contact Deb Allen or Lisa Applegate with any […]

OIRA continues to expand our Interactive Data offerings with both public and internal dashboards.   Our Enrollment dashboard is the latest update to our public report offerings, which now include an in-depth view of fall, spring and summer terms. The term overview provides you a snapshot of enrollment data for one selected term. For a […]

We prepared all summer for a major update of the Blue student evaluation system that was implemented at the end of August. Many of the changes to the platform are behind-the-scenes and will help us manage the system. Some of the changes will be apparent to faculty and students, most notably the more modern presentation […]

The Research Learning Experience initiative, part of the University of Maine System’s student success and retention strategies, continues to grow! In Fall 2022, 511 students across five different campuses are registered in RLE courses, more than twice as many students registered as last year.  OIRA has been working with others at UMaine and across the […]