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IR ROLE AND MISSION
The Office of Institutional Research offers a broad array of decision support services to all units of the University and
to external bodies as necessary. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the collection, analysis, and interpretation of institutional data and the provision of information to support
planning and decision making.
The principal activity of the Office is to carry out routine and ad hoc, internal, and external, longitudinal and comparative studies of the University's
operations and the environment in which it functions. Examples of activities carried out by the Office include the provision
of descriptive information about the University's resources, processes, and outcomes and of analytical information related
to such topics as enrollment management, assessment of student learning and development, resource allocation, and program
review. The Office also serves as the University's point of contact for reports and surveys requested from governmental and
commercial agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Education IPEDS reports and college guidebook surveys).
It is the vision of the Office of Institutional Research to be seen within the University as the avenue of first resort for decision support
information and to become known among our colleagues as one of the best institutional research offices in the nation.
STAFF AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Dr. William E. Knight
Assistant VP for Planning and Accountability
& Professional Associate, HESA
Phone: 419-372-7816
E-Mail: wknight@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Primary Responsibilities: directing strategic planning efforts at BGSU, managing the IR office, carrying out analytic studies, and advising the University
leadership and community on a variety of strategic decision support issues.
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Mr. Conrad McRoberts
Senior Research Associate of Institutional Research
Phone: 419-372-2867
E-Mail: cmcrobe@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Primary Responsibilities: designing and implementing strategic institutional research initiatives with emphasis in such areas as enrollment management,
student financial aid, and data warehousing. Such efforts result in the collection, analysis and conversion of data into knowledge
designed to inform University wide policy and planning activities.
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Dr. Robert W. Zhang
Associate Director of Institutional Research
Phone: 419-372-6014
E-Mail: rzhang@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Primary Responsibilities: collecting, interpreting, and analyzing institutional data and disseminating the resulting information to internal and external
audiences (e.g., internal ad hoc information requests, support information for academic program review, responses to IPEDS
surveys) and developing and maintaining analytical tools (e.g., Student Flow Model, National Study of Instructional Costs
and Productivity, enrollment and student credit hour reports) to support recurring descriptive, comparative, and evaluative
studies.
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Ms. Jie Wu
Assistant Director of Institutional Research
Phone: 419-372-7769
E-Mail: wujie@bgnet.bgsu.edu Primary Responsibilities: analyzing institutional and survey data, managing the administration of questionnaires, writing research reports, responding
to internal and external surveys and other information requests about the University, and maintaining and enhancing the IR
web site.
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Miss Priyanka Agrawal
Graduate Assistants
Phone: 419-372-2681
E-Mail: pagrawa@bgsu.edu
Primary Responsibilities: supporting for the office’s data warehousing project.
- Ms. Megan Wojciak
Student Office Assistant
Phone: 419-372-7816
E-Mail: megankw@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Primary Responsibilities: providing general administrative support to office staff.
IR staff members carry out their work with the guidance of the Association for Institutional Research’s Code of Ethics, BGSU’s guidelines for research involving human subjects, and federal, FERPA policy.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
- Administer and prepare a report of the results of short- and long-term baccalaureate alumni surveys.
- Continue our efforts towards assisting the University with the development of a business intelligence/data warehouse capability.
- Convert IR web pages to the University's Content Management System
- Providing SNAP (survey software) training to the University communities, including training for the new 9.0 version.
- Develop dashboards for senior University leaders.
- Develop a new version of the Student Flow Model to track the enrollment and success of Greek students
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