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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

George Mason University uses Blue by Explorance for the student evaluations of teaching process.

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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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Institutional Effectiveness

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Institutional Effectiveness at Mason

 

Continuous improvement is the goal of institutional effectiveness (IE) at Mason.  An umbrella term, IE at Mason is data-informed and supported while focused on continuous improvement, thoughtful analysis and future planning to enhance, innovate and evolve the work we do.
 
At Mason, specific examples of IE services provided by OIEP include:
 

  • Guidance to academic, administrative, and co-curricular units as they assess their goals and learning outcomes.
  • Coordinating a comprehensive system of program review in both the academic and co-curricular space.
  • Administering, analyzing, and distributing high-quality institutional surveys to university stakeholders.
  • Supporting university strategic planning and goals.

 
In order to support the various facets of IE at Mason, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning works with critical stakeholders through a network of assessment councils.  The assessment council network ensures good practice is followed within academic, co-curricular, and administrative units.