Institutional Research & Reporting 4400 University Drive, MSN 2F2, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone:(703)993-8824; Fax: (703)993-8835

The Office of Institutional Research and Reporting functions as the official source of institutional information. It is the mission of the Institutional Research and Reporting office to define, collect, analyze, maintain and disseminate official institutional data, and to provide official institutional information to both internal and external constituents for the purposes of describing, documenting, and publishing institutional information and measures of effectiveness. The team executes this mission through the following shared goals:

• Responding to state and federal reporting requirements, eliminating source-data discrepancies and developing procedures and programs for validating source data against SCHEV edit criteria prior to generation of census files.
• Developing and publishing standard reports of institutional information and responding to external surveys/questionnaires with an accurate annual Common Data Set.
• Maintaining an IRR website that shares with the University community the information reported to various agencies, including the electronic Factbook. Internal and external ad hoc requests will be handled in a timely and accurate manner.
• Maintaining and continuously improving an institutional data warehouse that provides accurate, accessible data to information retrievers using World Wide Web protocols for desktop delivery.
• Processing student evaluations of instructional faculty and summarizing the results in a timely and accurate manner for the faculty, chairs and Provost. Continuously improving and reengineering this process.
• Being proactive in providing planning and analytical support for decision-making. Monitoring and providing leadership for the University to be on the cutting edge of IR and planning technology, including the use of the World Wide Web, executive information systems and new software/hardware developments.
• Working collaboratively with our internal and external customers and providers to ensure efficiency, uniformity of information and to avoid duplication of effort.

Unless you already have an established contact or are already working with someone, please contact Dr. Kris M. Smith for general questions/requests. However, please feel free to contact any team member, and know that your request will get routed to the appropriate person. We have provided a backup support person for each team member.