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Our Mission

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment provides accurate and meaningful information and analysis to University decision makers, the AU community, and external stakeholders in order to advance the University's mission and foster a culture of continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness.

Data Request

Faculty and staff requesting data from OIRA, please submit your requests here.

Academic Data Reference Book

For AU's annual public fact book containing answers to frequently asked questions about historical and current institutional data.

ADRB

Common Data Set

AU participates in the Common Data Set (CDS) Initiative, a standard set of questions covering commonly requested higher education statistics. AU’s CDS is updated each year by the end of January.

Current CDS

Student Evaluation of Teaching

Students, faculty, and staff can learn more about the adminstration of the Student Evaluation of Teaching here.

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