Office of the Provost

Institutional Research

Institutional Research, Office of the Provost, supports the University's planning and decision-making efforts so that the University can fulfill its larger mission. We respond to requests from constituencies of the University with respect to assessment, policy analysis, decision making, and planning. We provide information to outside agencies, the Federal and State governments, and peer institutional consortia. We annually make available a University Fact Book, and many reports and analyses showing trends at Rochester and comparisons with peers.

The goals of the office are to ensure that reports and analyses are accurate, timely, and useful. To this end, Institutional Research works with data custodians to make certain that benchmark files dealing with student, course, personnel and finance data are as accurate and consistent as possible.

The office also supports the University's membership in several higher education consortia that allow us to share data with, and collect information from, a variety of sources.

Online Resources

• University Fact Book [download the free Adobe PDF reader.]
  • 2008-2009
  • 2007-2008
  • 2006-2007
  • 2005-2006
  • 2004-2005
  • 2003-2004
  • 2002-2003
• Administrative Reports for UR Community(1998-2007) (To obtain a password, e-mail your request to the Editor.)
  NOTE: The Administrative Fact Book has been discontinued as of 2008. If you have specific data needs not covered in the University Fact Books, please contact Kristen Balonek in Institutional Research.
• Affirmative Action Form for new instructional hires:
  • This must accompany the Appointment Form in order to process the new hire.
  • Self Identification Form
• NYS Inventory of Registered Programs
  • Recent Updates/Changes to Inventory -- Recent communications from New York State regarding new program approvals or changes to existing programs. Listed by school.
• Institutional Codes
• Consortia Memberships
• Higher Education Resources

• 2007 AIR Forum Presentation: "Snakepit or Shangri-La? Issues and Potential Pitfalls in Developing a Student Data Warehouse"

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