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Blue has undergone some changes!  Starting in Fall 2025, the platform used to administer the SETs was upgraded from version 8 to version 9. 

There are two major changes all users will see when logging into Blue:

• New website URL: the Blue website URL has been updated. Please bookmark the new URL: https://my-gmu.bluera.com/
• Layout: Users will notice that Blue has a fresh look with a new and modern layout. Users will find the same features made available to them as before.

See the below reference document for more details. 

Blue 9 Updates September 2025

 

• * 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.

The annual assessment reporting deadline in Nuventive for AY 2025-26 is June 30, 2026. Information about annual assessment, including reporting requirements can be found here. Information about Nuventive, including resources and log-in details, can be found here.

• * 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.

The annual assessment reporting deadline in Nuventive for AY 2023-234 is June 30, 2024. Information about annual assessment, including reporting requirements can be found here. Information about Nuventive, including resources and log-in details, can be found here.

• * 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.

Now in its fourth cycle, the Mason Academic Assessment Council has reviewed annual assessment plans in our new platform, Nuventive. MAAC members applied the assessment feedback rubric and engaged in a small group peer-review process to provide structured formative feedback and support continuous improvement. This session will provide an overview and timeline of the annual assessment process, highlight findings from this year’s review, and present plans for acknowledging exemplary assessment efforts.

Tuesday, February 20, 1-2pm, Zoom Link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/93419510319

Wednesday, February 21, 1-2pm, Zoom Link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/95881376183

*The same information will be presented at both sessions.

**Academic programs will receive their tailored feedback after these sessions are completed. 

 

• * 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.

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), full-time/part-time employment status, faculty rank, and race/ethnicity.

 

The dashboard is only accessible from the Mason network or VPN. 

 

 

Faculty and Staff Dashboard by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

• * 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.

OIEP’s October 2022 newsletter highlights available self-service resources, a revised data request form partnership with the Office of the University Registrar, a new assessment council structure, updates to the Mason Core assessment process, and more. If you didn’t receive the newsletter in your Mason email and would like to be added to our distribution list, please send an email to [email protected].
 
OIEP Newsletter October 2022

• * 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.

OIEP has created two new dashboards: DFW and SET Results.  The DFW dashboard allows users to explore course DFW (final student grades of ‘D’, ‘F’, or a withdrawal) rates and counts. The SET Results dashboard displays student evaluation of teaching results for all available terms in which SETs were administered using Blue (currently accessible only by full-time faculty and staff).

 

Dashboards are only accessible from the Mason network. If you are off campus, you must use the 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.

Members of the OIEP traveled to New Orleans in October to present a session at the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) annual conference on how to use propensity score matching (PSM) to address the potential self-selection bias of student service interventions where random assignment is often times not possible.

• * 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.