Research & Assessment
Research and Assessment has been merged with the Office of Institutional Research. Website content will be moving in early 2009.
Vision
Be a body of knowledge and inspire the improvement of programs and services for students.
Core Values
Stakeholders
- Research - To improve the knowledge, awareness and information about students for the administration, the academic community and prospective students and their parents.
- Evaluation – To increase the effectiveness of units within the division in the delivery of services to students through the review and evaluation of programs and activities.
- Collaboration - To actively engage in collaborative efforts with the division of Student Affairs and the academic community to enhance the knowledge, awareness and information about students, programs and services.
- Staff Development - To improve the knowledge and expertise of the division staff in gathering information about students and programs in order to increase the effectiveness of program and service delivery.
- WSU students, parents, alumni, prospective students and visitors
- WSU faculty, staff and administration
- Student Affairs Practitioners
Mission
Research & Assessment: provides the WSU Division of Student Affairs, Equity & Diversity, the campus community and the profession with information that supports institutional planning, policy formation, administrative decision-making, and creates new knowledge.