The  Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) at www.uhcl.edu/oie is where you will find out how you can locate published data and how you can request new data or survey support.

OIE Services fall into three functional areas:

• Institutional Research (IR) reports clear, accurate and relevant institutional data and analysis to our customers in a timely fashion.
• Planning and Assessment contributes to the mission of UHCL by promoting and leading institutional effectiveness activities.
• Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is designed to enhance student learning of applied critical thinking for lifelong learning and adaptability.

Looking for published data about UHCL? Visit these sites found under Institutional Research.

• Campus Facts provide quick UHCL campus facts and data about students and course enrollment.  Many of these reports are published each semester or term.   Annual campus facts, such as the Fact Book, are reported for the fall semester.
• Student Data provides UHCL enrollment data by various student characteristics or demographics: ethnicity, gender, FT/PT, graduation trends.
• Course Data provides UHCL course data by various course characteristics: academic school/college, enrollment, SCH, course, classification level, location, size.
• Faculty Data provides UHCL faculty data by various faculty characteristics:  profiles by area of instruction, academic school/college, FTE, Salary comparison data.
• State and Federal Data provides UHCL state and federally mandated report data output, Program Profile or academic unit data, IPEDS, LBB and other data.  State mandated report data is provided to agencies such as the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) of Texas or other state agency or constituent.  Federally mandated report data may be reported to Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or other federal agency or constituent.
• Survey Data provides federal and university mandated surveys reported based on a periodic schedule.  University surveys report information of university-wide impact, data that meets university goals and data that is statistically viable.  Please review the OIE Survey Criteria prior to submitting an OIE Data Request.
• IR Resources provide links to relevant website locations which provide history, requirements, use, publication and applicability of UHCL institutional research data to internal and external constituents.    

Reports added recently include the following:

·         Enrollment by Ethnicity and Gender Fall 2011-2015

·         Enrollment by Ethnicity and Full-Time/Part-Time Status Fall 2011-2015

·         Program Profiles Fall 2011-2015

·         Average Class Size Fall 2011-2015

Reports available: Grade Distribution Reports for Fall 2015. Please contact Mary Ballew for a copy. These reports will not be published.

Reports upcoming:

                Survey results from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

                Survey results from the UHCL Graduating Student Survey

                Graduation Trends for 2015

                2015 UHCL Fact Book

                Enrollment and Semester Credit Hours (SCH) by Rubric

Request Forms: Can’t find what you are looking for in the published reports? You can request data or survey support by filling out an OIE Request Form. However, if you need real-time transactional data from the production environment, please submit Enrollment Management’s Campus Solutions Data Request Form. Both OIE and Enrollment Management will work together to see that your request is directed to the right data source.

What is the difference between OIE data and Enrollment Management data?

OIE figures reflect numbers that are reported to the State and are used for formula funding purposes. For example, according to State rules and definitions, OIE headcount figures are adjusted to:

·         Exclude students added to classes after census at the request of the schools or reinstate after the nonpaid drop by appeal.

·         Exclude students who enroll only in the second eight week session. These students are reported in state figures the following semester.

·         Report all students in graduate certificate plans or non-degree seeking status as undergraduate students.

According to State rules and definitions, OIE student credit hour figures are adjusted to:

·         Include SCHs from the second eight week session from the prior semester.

·         Exclude SCHs from the second eight week session from this semester.

·         Exclude the hours of students added to classes after census for various reasons.

If you have any questions about data, please contact Miriam Qumsieh, the Associate Director of Data Management. If you have questions about planning, assessment, or the QEP, please contact Pat Cuchens, the Executive Director of Planning and Assessment.

Pat Cuchens

Executive Director of Planning and Assessment

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

University of Houston-Clear Lake

281-283-3065

Cuchens@uhcl.edu