OVERVIEW 

The Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability is responsible for the coordination of all external university reporting. The key functional areas are Institutional Research and Planning and Assessment. In addition, within those functional areas are Accreditation (Institutional and Individual Program), Program Review, Faculty Evaluation, and Testing. All of the activities support continuous review of Bowie State University's institutional effectiveness. The office is located in the Henry Administration Building, Room 2400.

VISIon

OPAA serves to contextualize data and inform institutional decision making. The office aims to achieve this by maintaining  objectivity, appropriately assessing user needs, sustaining data integrity, analyzing and interpreting data, and transforming data into information that supports the pillars of BSU's Strategic Plan.

GOALS OF OPAA

  • Provide leadership in efforts to ensure accountability to college's stakeholders
  • Direct institutional strategic planning activities
  • Maintain and monitor institutional effectiveness indicators
  • Support learning outcomes assessment
  • Serve as a clearing house for appropriate institutional statistics
  • Design and conduct research studies in support of policy decisions
  • Administer surveys to appropriate populations
  • Support market needs assessment for program development and grant opportunities
  • Fulfill state and federal reporting requirements

OPAA REPORTS

Student Profiles

 

Common Data Set 2010-2011

BSU FACT BOOK 2012

STAFF

Gayle Fink
Assistant Vice President for
Institutional Effectiveness
301-860-3403
gfink@bowiestate.edu

Doug Nutter
Institutional Research Director
301-860-3402
dnutter@bowiestate.edu

Mary Duppins
Institutional Research Analyst
301-860-3599
mduppins@bowiestate.edu

Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability
224 William Henry Administration Building Rm. 2400
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, MD 20715