Author: Karen Manley

OIEP has developed exciting new data resources that are now available our website.

 

The Glossary of Terms provides definitions and terminology used in OIEP dashboards and reports.

 

New dashboards include the Official Ten Year Enrollment Trend (Fall Census) and the Official Ten Year Degrees Awarded Trend which can be filtered by several categories including college, major, and demographics. Please let us know what you think about our dashboards by using the online feedback form.

 

Please note that these dashboards are only accessible from the Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access.

 

 

• * The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

Administrative and student support annual assessment submissions for 2020-2021 are due in Tk20 on June 1, 2021. In an effort to support continuous improvement, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) invites you to a workshop on April 8, 10:00am – 11:30am. The workshop will cover the annual assessment process in Tk20, share promising practices, and examples of submissions. We will be recording this session and following up with the recording in addition to assessment resources tailored for administrative and student support units. We hope you’ll be able to join us.

 

Thursday, April 8, 10:00am – 11:30am

https://gmu.zoom.us/j/91593388159

• * The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

Results for the Fall 2020 student evaluations of teaching were recently shared with instructors and supervisors. Unlike in other terms, however, these results will not be posted on the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) website. The pandemic which led to the subsequent delivery of a significant amount of instruction in an online format set these evaluations apart. Overall, the response rate for the institution was 34.3% with a range across the schools/colleges of 28.2% to 42.8%. Response rates are affected by a variety of factors but courses delivered in an online format typically do have lower rates. To that end, instructors are encouraged, if possible, to schedule evaluation time in the course during instruction time. While this will not work in asynchronous courses, this method can be deployed for both face-to-face and synchronous instruction. Instructors can monitor response rates in real time.

 

Feedback from the Fall 2020 administration has prompted a change for the Spring 2021 administration.   Designated supervisors, (deans, department chairs/program directors, and (department) scheduling coordinators) will be able to make individual course date changes at the request of instructors should instructors choose not to use the default Spring 2021 Administration Schedule.  Requests should be made directly from the instructor to the supervisor in their unit.

 

• * The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

This year’s annual assessment reporting deadline for all academic and administrative units is June 1, 2021. The deadline has been been moved up for the 2020-21 academic year to allow time to incorporate the data into Mason’s SACSCOC compliance certification report.

• * The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

Instructor course reports for fall 2020 are now available in Blue! Instructors, deans, department chairs, and course coordinators will receive an email from OIEP with a link to their reports. In Blue, there is the option of downloading reports as a PDF in addition to viewing them in the dashboard. Department and college aggregate reports for fall 2020 will be available the week of January 18, 2021.

 

Blue can also be accessed at https://gmu.bluera.com/gmu.

 

More information about the administration of SETs at Mason can be found at https://oiep.gmu.edu/institutional-effectiveness/set/.

 

• * The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.