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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
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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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Retention and Graduation Rates

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Student Retention Studies and Graduation Reports
Description: Retention Rates: The percentage of students who registered in the fall term who also registered the following fall term.
 
Graduation Rates: The percentage of a freshman cohort that graduates within a subsequent number of years.
Glossary of Terms: All Terminology definitions used in OIEP dashboards and reports.
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Official Retention and Graduation Rates Dashboards
  •    Comprehensive Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates (New and Transfer)

    • This dashboard provides retention and graduation rates for undergraduate students and offers three views:
    Fall 2020 Cohort and One-Term Retention: Cohort counts by demographics as well as Fall 2020 to Spring 2021 retention rates. The cohort in this view includes first-time and transfer students. 
    Retention and Graduation Rates for First-Time Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for first-time undergraduate students. 
    Retention and Graduation Rates for Transfer Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for transfer undergraduate students. This does not include transfer students who previously earned a Bachelor’s degree.
    *This dashboard is only accessible from the Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access this link.

     

  •    First-Time, Full-Time Baccalaureate Retention and Graduation Rates (Tabular Format)

    • (By Demographic, Academic Unit, and Financial Aid Status)
    Results are public. VPN access not required.


Retention and Graduation Reports (PDF)
Production Schedule: Reports and dashboards are updated annually in November.
Data Source: Fall cohorts are based on the official fall student enrollment census. Graduation info is based on OIEP’s official degree conferred data.
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Many of our documents are in pdf format. If you do not have the free Acrobat Reader installed on your machine, you can download it from [Adobe Systems].