Institutional Research and Data Management

Mission
Provide accurate information and data to meet federal and state mandatory reporting requirements as well as data analysis and institutional reporting that support and guide the operational and strategic decisions of the university.

Common Data Set (CDS)
CDS is a collaborative reporting effort that standardized information across educational institutions nationwide. This publisher's inititative was designed to minimize the effort required for providing variations of the same data over and over as requested by different publishers. It contains information on Student Life, Greek membership, campus residence, and so forth.

Compliance and Student Right to Know: Federal and State
There are mandates that certain information be available to students, parents, counselors, researchers, and legislators in a way that is timely, useful, and accessible. This section includes IRDM reporting to comply with the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended in 2008), the Louisiana House Compliance Resolutions, and the Louisiana GRAD Act. The University Compliance Office centralizes campus-wide information.

Dashboard
Fast facts, basic trends and profile information about UNO and its peer institutions. The Dashboard features new, updated or special reports.

Facts & Figures
Basic data about students and faculty such as Degrees Awarded, Enrollment Summaries and Trends, Final Grade Distribution, Formula Reports with Student Credit Hour Production, Faculty Headcount by category, teaching load, and student-to-faculty ratios.

Important Links
Key offices or agencies collect and report data at the state, regional, and national levels. Includes links to special reports and studies.

Institutional Peers
Peer institutions provide benchmarks for strategic planning and decision making. They have comparable characteristics such as funding, enrollment, and retention/graduation rates. Peers include institutions belonging to similar Southern Regional Education Board designations or Carnegie Classifications.

National Reports & Studies
External reports such the National Science Foundation Research and Development Survey, ACT reports, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reports.

Planning
Ongoing internal planning such as UNO's Strategic Plan, Quality Enhancement Plan, and campus-wide Institutional Effectiveness.

Surveys
UNO participates in several select national surveys such as National Survey of Student Exchange and also produces various internal surveys designed to facilitate university planning.