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
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…