Office of Institutional Assessment

The primary mission of the Office of Institutional Assessment (OIA) is to support institutional effectiveness and the university’s mission of providing a superior educational experience for all our students. OIA has these major responsibilities:

Assessing student learning outcomes in writing, oral communication, critical thinking, information technology, quantitative reasoning and scientific reasoning, and reporting regularly to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia on these outcomes
Assessing student learning outcomes in general education
Providing support for and managing the academic program review
Conducting survey and focus group research, and making the results accessible

Student exit surveys

Alumni surveys

Freshman surveys

National Survey of Student Engagement

Departmental faculty surveys

Mason Career Census survey
(in collaboration with the University Career Services and the Alumni Office)

Supporting regional accreditation and strategic planning
Being an assessment resource to the university community
Promoting best practices in assessment and the use of assessment information for improved decision-making

Office of Institutional Assessment

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