Office of Institutional Research & Planning

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Office of Institutional Research & Planning (OIRP)

Mission Statement

OIRP compiles and reports official, accurate, objective and timely data to external agencies and internal stakeholders.

Vision Statement

OIRP will be recognized as an exemplar institutional research office that plays a critical role in advancing the institutional mission and student success. OIRP will facilitate a data-driven college culture by serving as the college’s resource for timely, high quality, user-friendly data and analysis to support informed college-wide decision making, assessment and strategic planning.

Values

OIRP values precision, objectivity, data integrity, accountability and efficiency.

Ethics

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published the AIR Statement of Ethical Principles which was approved in 2019. This document guides the work practices of OIRP. OIRP staff members will act with professionalism and integrity by:

protecting privacy and maintaining confidentiality when collecting and disseminating information;
acting as responsible data stewards;
providing accurate and contextualized info;
seeking to be fair and transparent;
avoiding conflicts of interest; and
making work accessible to those who need the information to make decisions.

Areas of Responsibility

OIRP’s primary areas of responsibility include:

submitting and validating externally mandated submissions (IPEDS, NYSED, NCH, SUNY) and benchmarking projects (NCCBP, VFA, AAUP);
coordinating the resolution of fatal errors and warnings resulting from external submissions;
serving as the official source for institutional data on all facets of college operations and related educational issues;
extracting, verifying, analyzing and summarizing data for regularly produced internal and external reports and publications;
providing data for grant proposal submissions and post-award reporting requirements;
overseeing administration of internal and external surveys; and
responding to ad-hoc data requests for internal stakeholders.

Office of Institutional Research & Planning Workflow/Responsibilities Diagram

HOW TO CONTACT US

Virginia Rudnick
Director, Institutional Research & Planning
vrudnick@cayuga-cc.edu
Room M242
Phone: 315-294-8842
Direct Ext: 2842

Hanna Lee
Data Analyst, Institutional Research & Planning
hlee15@cayuga-cc.edu
Room M242
Phone: 315-294-8810
Direct Ext: 2810

REQUEST FORMS

Request Forms

Data Request Form
If you need data please review the Cayuga Community College Student Profile and/or Fact Book, to determine if the information you seek is already available. If not, you may request data from the Office of Institutional Research & Planning (OIRP) by completing the Data Request Form. In describing your request, please be sure to give as much detail as possible so that your request can be completed accurately and efficiently.

Once submitted, you will receive a copy of your request as confirmation that it was received by OIRP. Your request will be forwarded to your supervisor for approval before work commences. You will be notified regarding the approval status of your request as well as an estimated completion date if approved.

Please give as much notice as possible when requesting data with a deadline. OIRP strives to return requested data as quickly as possible, however, turnaround time for processing requests can vary depending on OIRP workload and the complexity of the request.

To follow is OIRP’s priority scheme that guides decisions regarding OIRP work assignments and completion dates:
- Priority Level 1: Non-negotiable external submissions, external submission support for other functional areas completing submissions, SUNY mandates/requests, benchmarking submissions.
- Priority Level 2: Information requested by campus decision makers pertaining to institutional priorities.
- Priority Level 3: Grant application and reporting support.
- Priority Level 4: Regular internal documents and publications
- Priority Level 5: Ad hoc requests related to institutional priorities.
- Priority Level 6: General interest ad hoc requests not related to institutional priorities, goals or initiatives.