Fact Book Surveys Institutional Effectiveness
General Education Assessment Mandated Reports  
Mission

The Office of Institutional Research is devoted to obtaining empirical information to assist in the assessment of program effectiveness, research on institutional processes, development of strategic plans, and provision of a valid description of the characteristics of the University’s students, faculty, financial status, staff and facilities. Efforts are being made to increase the quality of our data, its format, and its availability to faculty and staff.

Those drawing conclusions based on our reports are urged to take Custave LeBon’s (1895) warning into account:  Every conclusion drawn from our observation,is, as a rule, premature, for behind the phenomena which we see clearly are other phenomena that we see indistinctly, and perhaps behind these latter, yet others which we do not see at all. 

Mike Jordan, Ph.D.
Director of Institutional Research
Professor of Psychology
OIR: Accreditation
The University fulfills the requirements for accreditation of the South Carolina Commission of Higher Education and the United States Department of Education. Reaffirmation of accreditation for degrees in teaching preparation, business, and fine arts are currently being undertaken on schedule. >>
College Portrait
The College Portrait provides basic, comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes for 302 public four-year colleges and universities. >>
College Portrait
The College Portrait provides basic, comparable information about student characteristics, costs, student experience and learning outcomes for 302 public four-year colleges and universities. >>
OIR: Request for Data
If you do not find the information or data that you need for planning, accreditation reports, communication, etc., then you may request a new report from the Office of Institutional Research. >>
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