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Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning - George Mason University
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Data with purpose. The qualitative and quantitative information OIEP curates, analyzes, and publishes illuminates trends, forecasts potential and contributes to the ongoing planning initiatives of the university including strategic institutional goals, program planning and innovation, and student success.

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institutional Effectiveness

How do we know what we are doing works? Defining and assessing student learning outcomes, engaging in rigorous program review, conducting surveys to understand experience and satisfaction and student evaluations of teaching are all ways in which Mason can learn more about how we are doing and what we can improve.

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Mason's Assessment Framework
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Data Analytics and Research

Want to learn more about Mason? Explore the reports here to learn more about applicants to graduates, survey outcomes, human resources and planning.

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Student Evaluations of Teaching

In consultation with the University Effective Teaching Committee, Faculty Senate Chair, the Provost, the Registrar and ITS, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning has selected a new way to conduct student evaluations of teaching. This online format will meet institutional needs in an environmentally friendly and fiscally responsible way. The evaluation software Blue by Explorance was chosen for its functionality, ease of use and demonstrated success at many intuitions, including several in Virginia.

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Student Success

What does the student lifecycle at Mason look like? From where do our applicants come? Where do our admitted students enroll? Once enrolled, how many students are retained to the on the path to graduation? What are the career outcomes? Learn more with these resources.

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Resources

Find how to use our reports, answers to common questions and how to request data not already available

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About Us
About Us

OIEP advances the strategic goals of George Mason University through collaborations and partnerships that engage stakeholders (senior leaders/administration, faculty, staff and students) in data-informed strategic, operational and tactical decisions. OIEP does this by capitalizing on our experience and professional judgment drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analytic information.

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  • Nuventive
  • Student Evaluations of Teaching
  • Fast Facts
  • Common Data Set
  • Nuventive has been selected as Mason’s new assessment planning and reporting software tool. Updates will be provided throughout spring and summer 2023, including training and workshop schedules.





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  • The Student Evaluations of Teaching system (Blue) is an integrated place for students to review their courses and instructors, and to check out the numerical summary evaluation reports from previous semesters. This information is helpful when selecting classes. In addition, faculty and administrators use the survey results to improve courses and to make personnel decisions.





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  • Need information quickly? Click here to find out quick snapshots about enrollment, total degrees offered, faculty information, and more!





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  • The Common Data Set is an initiative amongst various higher education publishers to create a common series of questions that allows users to obtain data accurately without increasing workload burden on administrators. Click here for current and past statistical information on admissions, enrollment graduation, faculty demographic, financial aid.




COMMON DATA SET

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Nuventive: Mason’s New Assessment Planning and Reporting Tool (3/21/2023) Nuventive has been selected as Mason’s new assessment planning and reporting software tool. Updates will be provided throughout the spring and summer 2023, including training and workshop schedules. In order to allow time for Nuventive's… READ MORE
OIEP’s Video Tutorials (3/21/2023) OIEP has created video trainings as resources to support faculty and staff in areas including annual assessment, Academic Program Review, and building surveys in Qualtrics. The videos can be found on OIEP's website or on… READ MORE
Faculty and Staff Dashboard by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (2/16/2023) OIEP has created a new dashboard that explores the diversity of Mason's faculty and staff. The dashboard includes employee headcount and FTE by division, department, gender, employee category (e.g., tenured faculty, graduate teaching assistants, classified),… READ MORE

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