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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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Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)

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The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a national, research-based initiative designed specifically to understand the job satisfaction of instructional and research faculty. Mason is partnering with COACHE to administer the Faculty Satisfaction and Faculty Retention and Exit surveys.

COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey: Summary Report and Results

 

For each survey administration, Harvard COACHE provides a Faculty Satisfaction Survey Preview Report. The Mason COACHE Leadership Team conducts further analyses of the data and produces an Executive Summary Report. All reports and survey results are available to full-time faculty and staff. These links will require authentication for access.

 

The survey results can be opened with any browser but COACHE recommends Google Chrome for optimal viewing. If you have any difficulty accessing the survey results, please contact us at oiep@gmu.edu for support.
 
Access the Summary Reports and Survey Results

COACHE Results Viewing Resources

 

To learn how to access and navigate survey results, please use the links below.
 
 
Quick Guide to Accessing COACHE Data
 
COACHE Dashboard Guide

 
COACHE YouTube tutorials on the dashboards

 

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) are data administrators for this project at Mason. Survey results are held in OIEP. OIEP has access to individual level, de-identified data, but only aggregate results are shared with administrators and faculty, and only when there is a sufficient number (at least five) of responses. The de-identified data may be used for future research without additional consent from participants. For information on Mason IRB credentials, please reference IRBNet: 1364078-1.