Office of Institutional Research

Mission

In contributing to the mission of the University of La Verne, the Office of Institutional Research is to provide data-based evidences to inform decision-making and to improve educational effectiveness and student learning. The Office is responsible for fulfilling institutional level internal and external reporting requirement of the University and for conducting institutional level research and preparing information in support of institutional accountability, academic program review, strategic planning and accreditation.

Accreditation WASC Accreditation Institutional Proposal, Capacity and Preparatory Review, Educational Effective Review	Surveys Course Evaluation Survey Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) College Senior Survey (CSS) Faculty Climate Survey
Facts ULV Snapshot, Student Right to Know, Student, Faculty and Staff, Finance, and Financial Aid, Academic Assessment	Reports/Publications Common Data Set, Fact Book, Student Right to Know Graduation Rate Evaluation of Administrative Units

Staff

Yingxia Cao, Director of Institutional Research, ycao@ulv.edu, ext 4235 Please contact her for data requests regarding courses, faculty, finance, human resource, IPEDS; for questions regarding course evaluations, institutional wide surveys, and institutional level research; as well as for other institutional research relevant inquiries).

James Schirmer, Institutional Research Analyst, jschirmer@ulv.edu, ext 4284 Please contact him for data requests regarding students (admissions, enrollment, retention, graduation, etc.) and external surveys.

Important Notice: For request of individual student data, please go to http://www.ulv.edu/enrollmentmanagement/xdata_form.phtml.

Institutional Research Group

The Office of Institutional Research also leads a group of researchers who directly or indirectly work towards institutional effectiveness. The members are:

Institutional Research Group Contact Persons NAMEPOSITIONEMAIL Manuel EscalanteStudent Technology Coordinatorescalanm@ulv.edu Loreto D'MonteRegional College Administration Officedmontel@ulv.edu Avo KechichianAssociate Vice President and Treasurerkechichi@ulv.edu Mark NelsonAssistant Provostnelsonm@ulv.edu James SchirmerInstitutional Research Analystjschirmer@ulv.edu Brett SchmittProgram Analyst-HRISschmittb@ulv.edu Yinxia CaoDirector of Institutional Research Officeycao@ulv.edu