About The Office of Institutional Research and Strategic Analytics
Meeting data, information, analytic and planning needs of the University
Mission Statement
The Office of Institutional Research and Strategic Analytics (IRSA) provides Adelphi University stakeholders with timely, reliable and actionable institutional information and data, which promotes and advances institutional effectiveness and growth. The information supports the data driven-decision making and predictive modeling processes as well as school, program, course assessment, and support system evaluations and accreditation.
Core Values
The Office promotes the following values, reflecting high standards with regard to confidentiality, professionalism and personal integrity:
Core Value | Enactment of the Core Value |
Accuracy | Provide consistent and reliable data and reports to all constituents |
Collaboration | Values creating and sustaining collegial working relationships and opportunities to partner with all constituents |
Continual improvement | Foster an office environment that values the use of data analytics to improve the effectiveness of current activities and new initiatives |
Excellence | Ensure all relevant aspects of assessment and institutional research, including assessment outcomes, statistics, surveys, analytical research, programming and data analysis meet the highest standards of quality |
Ethics and integrity | Maintain the highest level of integrity, including ensuring confidentiality and objectivity |
Innovation | Engage in professional development and incorporate new techniques, areas of research, platforms and innovative and dynamic reporting |
Professionalism | Adhere to established professional standards |
Responsiveness | Respond to all requests in a timely manner and support all units that require assistance and expertise in the area of research and assessment |
Transparency | Encourage transparency by disseminating results of surveys and research |
Team work | Strive to maintain an environment that values and appreciates every team member and is committed to professional and personal development |