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The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides a variety of public and internal dashboards designed to support informed decision-making across 91¸£Àû and 91¸£Àû Machias. These interactive tools offer an intuitive way to explore key university metrics, trends and insights. Public Dashboard: Enrollment Our public Enrollment Dashboard showcases ten years of enrollment trends by term […]

Program assessment three-year reports are due by June 30 from the following programs: The 3-year reports consist of: 1) A 3-year summary report and 2) Updated assessment results for all program learning outcomes, submitted through the annual reporting site.  More information about assessment reporting is available on the OIRA Assessment Reporting webpage. As always, our […]

Management of SETs is a complex process that requires 1) accurate information about student enrollment and instructor/TA assignments in MaineStreet, 2) input from units about exceptions needed to our standard policies, and 3) ongoing oversight by OIRA staff. The partnership between unit administration and OIRA is essential for a seamless experience for students and faculty. […]

The assessment staff in OIRA can help you move your program assessment process forward in numerous ways. We are always available for 1:1 consultation, but we can also work with groups of faculty in your program to help facilitate things such as: Please see our new Assessment Services webpage for more information.

Did you know that you can pull personalized questions from another course you are teaching in the current semester or from a course you taught one year ago (current fall would be able to pull from the previous fall, etc.) for use in your student evaluations? This can save you a lot of time and […]

In recent months OIRA has made a number of updates to the static reports available on our website. Below you will find a few key highlights: Enrollment Both 91¸£Àû and 91¸£Àû Machias welcomed more new learners than in previous years. The fall 2024 cohort at 91¸£Àû was 12% larger than the fall 2023 cohort. Similarly, […]

The 3-year assessment cycle for academic programs culminates in a 3-Year Assessment Summary report, which has traditionally been due at the end of June during the last year of a program’s cycle. Feedback from some units indicated that this quick turn-around time made it difficult to include all faculty in assessment discussions, especially about any […]

OIRA offers electronic scanning of multiple-choice exams using a blue 5-answer Scantron optical mark recognition form, commonly referred to as a bubble sheet. Currently, we are only using the blue bubble sheets, which are available in our office.  For smooth processing, please take the following steps: Once the scanning is completed, a link to an […]

In spring 2024, the Faculty Senate approved several motions that change the assessment process for Core courses. A significant part of the new process is ensuring that the Core learning outcomes and associated common rubrics are well aligned with the course content and assignments. This will help strengthen the quality of the rubric data so […]