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 Institutional Research

Office of Institutional Research
Oregon State University
500 Kerr Administration Building
Corvallis, OR 97331-8572
541-737-9600
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/aa/ir/

Administration

Salvador Castillo, Director
541-737-8083
salvador.castillo@oregonstate.edu

Susan Wang, Assistant Director
541-737-9183
susan.wang@oregonstate.edu

Mission

To produce timely statistics, qualitative information and analyses that support university strategic planning and decision-making.

Function

Institutional Research, under the Office of Academic Affairs, provides services to offices and departments at Oregon State University. Responsibilities include:

• Developing and analyzing university strategic indicators and performance measures, drawing upon institutional data from all sectors of the university;
• Maintaining data archives to support longitudinal profiles and studies;
• Generating datasets of strategic interest to the university using survey instruments;
• Conducting research on issues of strategic importance to the university using national and institutional databases;
• Responding to federal, state and other external requests for institutional data;
• Supporting the academic unit program review process;
• Enhancing and improving the curricular review process; and
• Serving as a resource for the university on institutional research issues.