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Institutional Research Agenda

Primary responsibilities are federal and state mandatory reporting, reporting on enrollment and student success
for the president’s office and executive administration, assisting with data requirements for accreditation and
specialized accreditation, grants, reporting to external higher education organizations and other strategic initiatives.

Annual Reporting

Federal Reporting

  • IPEDS Fall-Winter: Institutional Characteristics, Completions, 12-Month Enrollment, Graduation Rates, Outcomes Measures, Student Financial Aid
  • IPEDS Spring: Enrollment, Finance, Human Resources, Academic Libraries
  • PERKINS, Title I, Title III – eligibility for federal matching funds and grants
  • Data for grant applications

Missouri Department of Higher Education – Mandatory Reporting

  • Performance Funding Measures, Graduate Outcomes – DHEWD
  • EMSAS Completions File – degrees awarded
  • EMSAS Term Registration – annual enrollment and SCH
  • EMSAS Program File – active degree programs
  • EMSAS Fall Enrollment
  • Missouri Excels & Teach Missouri

Enrollment and Student Success – executive administration

  • Weekly Enrollment Report
  • Weekly Student Registration Report – information for retention outreach
  • DFW Rates in courses – midterm, end of semester
  • SCH and Enrollment Reports for accounting and budget
  • Retention and graduation rate tracking on all students

Accreditation and Specialized Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission Update
  • Program Review Data
  • Course selection for general education assessment
  • Data for AACSB, CCNE, CSWE, NASM, etc. – specialized accreditation

Additional Reporting

  • MWSU Fact Sheet & Fact Book
  • Business Intelligence Dashboards on Goldlink – headcount, retention, degrees awarded, graduation rates
  • Common Data Set
  • Reports for bond ratings, funding – HEERF, Merritt Report, S&P Global, UMB, housing revenue bond
  • Directory Surveys & Ratings: Council of Graduate Schools, Ingrams, NSF, Petersons, US News
  • NC-SARA – state reciprocity, exclusively distance education, out-of-state placements
  • Military Friendly Survey