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Office of Assessment

Mission: We are a collective of data professionals who build partnerships across campus to support data-informed decision making, amplify storytelling, and improve administrative processes.


Vision: To effectively bridge the gap between data and knowledge through effective collaboration, analysis, assessment, and presentation to spark conversation, and support a culture of data literacy.

The Office of Assessment is committed to institutional advancement through the following practices:

  • Providing timely, accurate, and actionable information to decision makers
  • Promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing among colleagues
  • Streamlining processes to achieve maximum effectiveness and integration of knowledge
  • Modeling effective use of technology
  • Providing context and analysis of data for greater understanding
  • Responding to and forecasting University needs
  • Engaging stakeholders across the University to promote best practices in data management

The Office of Assessment provides leadership for university processes which fulfill our mission and support University decision-making including the following:

  • Official reporting to internal and external constituents
  • Data governance and data dictionary
  • University data warehouse
  • Data presentation and visualization tools
  • Academic assessment
  • University-wide surveys and course evaluations
  • Analysis and research