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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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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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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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OIEP Dashboards: Navigation Basics

To increase data access, OIEP has developed a number of dashboards in SAS Viya, a data visualization tool. Join this workshop to learn the basics of navigating the various dashboards available to you, how to access the dashboards, and how to pull the data you need.

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Developing Student Learning Outcomes

Join your colleagues from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning for a session focused on the development of aligned and measurable Student Learning Outcomes. Integrating examples from academic and co-curricular programs, this interactive workshop will explore promising practices for drafting student-centered outcomes. Bring your existing or work-in-progress Student Learning Outcomes for an opportunity to […]

New Dashboards Series

This workshop series will highlight OIEP’s latest dashboards development. For the upcoming workshop, we will focus on two dashboards—the Degrees dashboard and the Faculty & Staff dashboard. Zoom link: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96612094648

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Co-Curricular Annual Assessment Planning

Join your colleagues from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning for a session focused on how to prepare the annual assessment plan. In this interactive workshop, an overview of how to write goals and SMART outcomes will be shared, along with the essential components of the annual assessment plan. Additionally, the revised annual assessment […]

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Administrative Assessment

Join your colleagues across administrative units and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning for a session on annual assessment for administrative units. The workshop will provide an overview of the submission process and share relevant examples. We look forward to engaging in a discussion about goal-setting and encourage units to bring their existing or […]

Co-Curricular Program Review Workshop

Join us for a workshop on Co-Curricular Program Review (CCPR). In this introductory overview session, participants will learn about the purpose and background of CCPR, the overall process for how units will engage in CCPR on a seven-year cycle, and how findings will be used to support ongoing assessment work. All who are interested in […]

Information Session: Mason Core Assessment

Hosted by Gina Polychronopoulos Associate Director of Curricular Assessment, Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Zoom link is below.

Information Session: Mason Core Assessment

Hosted by Gina Polychronopoulos Associate Director of Curricular Assessment, Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Zoom link is below.

Mason Academic Assessment Council Feedback

The Mason Academic Assessment Council has completed its third cycle of feedback to support continuous improvement of academic programs and recognize exemplary assessment efforts. MAAC members applied the Assessment Feedback Rubric and engaged in a small group peer-review process to provide structured formative feedback. This session will provide an overview and timeline of the annual […]

Mason Academic Assessment Council Feedback

The Mason Academic Assessment Council has completed its third cycle of feedback to support continuous improvement of academic programs and recognize exemplary assessment efforts. MAAC members applied the Assessment Feedback Rubric and engaged in a small group peer-review process to provide structured formative feedback. This session will provide an overview and timeline of the annual […]