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Providing Decision Support Through Data Analysis

The UW-Eau Claire Office of Institutional Research provides numerous analytical studies and reports for institutional decision making; maintains historical records of institutional data, provides data requested by UW System and external agencies; serves as liaison with UW System for the Central Data Requests (CDR); maintains compliance and conducts institutional research. 


ALERT:

 

UW-Eau Claire is in the process of transitioning from its current mainframe-based administrative computing system to the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions software package.  Campus Community (our integrated "people" information) and Admissions data have already transitioned to Campus Solutions.  Target go-live dates for financial aid, student enrollment, curriculum, and student financials range from February through August 2010.

What this means for the Office of Institutional Research (IR):  We will need to re-develop EVERY report and process in our office.

What IR has been doing to prepare for the data conversion:  Beginning fall of 2008 we embarked on the process of planning for the data conversion and re-defining our department:  who we are, what our priorities are, and how we can best serve the Campus Community.  The process included a needs analysis, surveying administrators and support staff, surveying IR peers, collecting data, and a planning retreat.  We are in the process of finalizing our recommendations and will be forwarding them to administration in the near future.

What this means for the Campus Community:  Data and reports that IR has historically provided may or may not be available beginning fall semester, 2010.  We are in the process of finalizing a critical data needs document and will be re-developing new processes and reports based on the priorities established in the document.  Effective fall 2010, all continued processes and reports will need to be re-developed -- which will require a huge amount of time and resources, meaning:

  • data and reports will not be done/delivered the same as in the past
  • data and reports may not be immediately available
  • you may need to plan for alternative data resources for a year or two

 

Feel free to contact our office if you have concerns about your future data needs.  We look forward to working with you through this transition -- and believe it to be a great opportunity to take a fresh look at how we do business.  We assure you that we will do our best to meet the future data needs of the UW-Eau Claire Campus Community.


  Did you know that every academic year we:

  • Complete 71 data processes
  • Create 30 frozen data files
  • Generate 125 statistical reports totaling 482 pages
  • Generate 91 Factbook reports totaling 529 pages
  • Complete or contribute to 40 surveys totaling 593 pages
  • Respond to ad hoc requests for data:
              2008-09 = 81 
              2007-08 = 52
             
    2006-07 = 36
             
    2005-06 = 22



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