About Institutional Research
Established in Fall 2007, the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) provides a comprehensive program of institutional research and planning. Consistent with its charge to support the University's mission and strategic objectives, the OIR reports to the Provost.
Our important work includes:
- Ensuring the integrity and reliability of information for effective decision-making and institutional planning that will enhance the student experience and growth of the institution.
- Coordinating the collection, organization, analysis, and reporting of all institutional data to provide consistent and timely information to internal and external constituencies.
- Optimizing research design, data analytics and visualization, performance dashboards, and probability modeling to provide quantitative insights to guide Fairfield toward its goals.
- Generating innovative ways to evaluate data while also providing unique insights, outreach options, and data-driven support to the campus community and beyond.
- Serving as the primary contact for compliance reporting to state, federal, accrediting agencies, and external publications and rankings.
- Initiating major research projects and providing consultation on research methods, data integrity and database analysis, survey design and analysis, and institutional assessment activities.
