Year: 2023

ASC Fall 2023 Meeting

On Tuesday, October 10 the Analytics Staff Consortium had its first Fall Meeting since the relaunch of the group this past summer! We welcomed about 45 people in person and 60 people virtually to the meeting. The agenda included an update on generative AI from HUIT, faculty guest speaker Carrie Conaway, and results from the ASC Survey that was sent to the…

HUPD Data Dashboard Released

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and OIRA collaborated on the latest update to the HUPD dashboard, a website dedicated to documenting departmental statistics and other indicators regarding its interactions with the Harvard community and the public. OIRA provided guidance on best practices in data synthesis and translation, and recommendations on presenting data in a format most…

New OIRA Website Launched

Facts and figures about Harvard University and historical data on enrollment, degrees conferred, and faculty and staff headcounts are now provided on the new Office of Institutional Research and Analytics (OIRA) website at https://oira.harvard.edu. OIRA collects, synthesizes, and analyzes institutional data to fulfill mandatory reporting requirements and support University decision-making. In addition, OIRA measures and monitors data quality…

Adding “Analytics” to our Name

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Our office, originally launched in 2003 as the Office of Institutional Research, now has a new name: the Office of Institutional Research & Analytics (OIRA). Over the years, a growing number of projects have involved advanced analytical methods and interpretation. “Analytics” was added to our name to reflect our role in evaluating and critically analyzing…