We identify, collect and provide information about the nature and quality of Hope College through the availability and analysis of data. Constituencies served are:
- Hope College faculty, staff and students to:
- Support decision-making and planning
- Enhance presentations, reports and proposals
- Inform assessment activities
- Prospective Hope students and parents to:
- Understand properties and characteristics of Hope College
- Measure the quality of education provided by Hope
- Colleagues at other institutions to:
- Benchmark the performance of their institution against Hope
- General public to:
- Understand the nature and quality of Hope College
- Learn about Hope by providing descriptive data to publications, websites and government agencies
- Mission Statement
- Collect, maintain, analyze and disseminate accurate, consistent and timely data for and about the academic and operational programs of the college in support of college planning and decision-making and to support public constituencies in evaluating and monitoring the nature and quality of the institution.
- Functions
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Special Projects
- Conduct ad hoc studies and provide information requested by administration, departments and committees on topics relevant to the college
- Assist faculty in preparing institutional data for grant proposals
Data Maintenance
- Develop, maintain and analyze institutionally relevant information in support of the college’s planning, assessment and decision-making activity
Data Reporting
- Report accurate statistical information about the college to external agencies
- Inform the college community about results of studies through regularly published reports, summaries and updates
External Data Requests
- Coordinates the college’s response to national statistical surveys, questionnaires and other non-routine requests for information
Data Presentation
- Coordinates and maintains current publications as a source of essential and official facts about the college for both internal and external constituencies
Data Integrity
- Coordinate, standardize and verify college data released to the public
- Review college publications for consistency of information
Goal Tracking
- Track the college’s performance against long-range goals and objectives
Comparative Analysis
- Participate in comparative, peer-institution studies and analyze and present results
External Representation
- Participate in relevant consortia and professional organizations on behalf of the college
Trend Analysis
- Devise a system whereby changes and trends may be tracked and anticipated
- Benefits
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- Provide full support for strategic planning
- Provide data in a timely and effective manner in support of decision making, cost containment, college marketing, assessment and obtaining outside funding
- Enhance the usefulness of data through effective presentation
- Enable institutional data to be analyzed across administrative areas
- Eliminate duplication of effort in data collection, analysis and reporting
- Provide data in a timely and effective manner to make sure that the college receives full benefit from data consortia such as HEDS and IPEDS
Anderson-Werkman Center100 East 8th StreetSuite 260Holland, MI 49423
workP. 616.395.7556
frostcenter@hope.edu