Institutional Research

Institutional Research is part of the Office of Academic Compliance, Effectiveness, and Research (ACER), and serves as the coordinating unit for data gathering for external and internal reporting, which includes:

Compiling and filing reports required by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the U.S. Department of Education, and other governmental and private agencies and individuals.
Verification and approval of all statistics pertaining to the university that are released to any external agency.
Generating and compiling education-related data used for university planning, decision-making, and accreditations.

Data for both external and internal reporting are drawn from existing university databases. When data are unavailable, surveys and other means of data collection may be used.

Services

Institutional Research supports planning, accreditation, scholarship, and other university needs by:

Providing data to answer questions about UMMC
Coordinating data sent outside UMMC
Assisting with surveys
Performing analysis

Affiliations

Institutional Research participates in professional organizations and external committees, including the following:

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR)
Mississippi Association for Institutional Research (MAIR)
IHL Council of Institutional Research Officers (CIRO)

Institutional Research is also represented on UMMC committees, including the following:

Academic Affairs Council
Academic Compliance Steering Committee
External Request Review Committee (ERRC)
Information and Knowledge Management Committee
Potential Academic Change (PAC) Committee
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Advisory Committee
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Leadership Committee
Workday Education User Group
Workday Steering Committee

For more information, email Institutional Research or contact the ACER team.