The Office of Institutional Assessment and
Studies (IAS) conducts institutional research and supports
assessment at the University of Virginia. The office provides
the University community with data and analysis needed for
decision-makers to maintain and improve institutional effectiveness.
IAS staff gather, analyze, interpret, and disseminate data,
employing the highest professional standards of accuracy,
objectivity, and timeliness.
Institutional Studies provides
management information to decision-makers in University departments
and units, satisfies governmental agency reporting requirements,
and responds to other external requests, including those
from higher education institutions and college information
guides.
University Assessment conducts, supports,
and coordinates research to maintain and improve academic
programs and student services. The Assessment team implements
and supports useful and feasible assessment approaches
in order to foster the University’s unique learning
and research environment.
- Collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate information
that is accurate, timely, useful, and responsive.
- Serve as consultants to University offices, departments,
and individuals about:
(1) Project design
(2) Methodology
(3) Data collection strategies
(4) Analysis and reporting
(5) Appropriate use of results
- Anticipate and fulfill external reporting requirements
within established deadlines.
- Provide a user-friendly web-based query system for access
to frequently requested informa-tion.
- Support assessment activities by providing relevant training
and feedback, and designing practical methods of measurement
and evaluation.
- Administer the University’s general education and
core competency assessments in an effi-cient manner to
help faculty and administrators improve student learning
and development.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of school
and program assessment plans that define, measure, and
evaluate student learning goals and outcomes.
- Conduct surveys of academic and student services programs
that effectively meet client needs and do not pose an undue
burden to the respondents.
State
and Federal Reporting: (1) Integrated Post-Secondary Education
Data System (IPEDS) reports, (2) State Council of Higher Education
(SCHEV) data on facilities, enrollment projections, and salaries.
To learn more about IAS reports to state and federal agencies,
go to Gov't Reporting.
To view data collected by IAS about the University, go to
the Data Catalog.
Data Support: (1) Report of athletic graduation rates
to the NCAA; (2) Common Data Set; (3) the University's response
to U.S. News and World Report College Rankings and all other
prospective student publications; (4) Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS) institutional profile; (5)
Data requests from within the University and from other colleges
and universities; (6) Ongoing data exchange with peer institutions
through the Association of American Universities Data Exchange
(AAUDE) and Southern Universities Group (SUG). To view data
collected by IAS about the University, go to the Data
Catalog. To view reports written by IAS, go to Reports.
To learn more about IAS reports to state and federal agencies,
go to Gov't Reporting.
To request data, reports or other information not available
on-line, please fill out the form in Data
Support.
University Assessment Program:
concerned
especially with student learning both in and outside of the classroom.
The current University Assessment Program consists primarily
of the following components:
- academic
program review,
- undergraduate
general education and core competency assessment,
- the National
Survey of Student Engagement,
- alumni assessment,
- and assessment of AccessUVa.
To
learn
more about the University Assessment Program, go to Assessment.
To learn more about Program Review, see Program
Review. To view assessment data or reports, go to the Data Catalog or Reports.
If you need more information about assessment programs,
reports or data,
please
fill out a form in Data
Support.
Special Projects: Assists the University community
with institutional research and assessment matters, including
consultation, survey construction and administration, other
data collection efforts, and data analysis. To request such
assistance, please fill out a form in Data
Support.
Data Digest: Publishes the Data Digest on-line, which
can be found in the Data
Catalog.
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