When reporting degrees granted by year, the general practice of OAIR is to include summer, fall, winterim, and spring terms. For example, numbers reported for 2017-18 would include degree information from the following terms: Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Winterim 2018,… Read More

OAIR develops dashboards for campus use on a variety of different data.  While dashboards share many common characteristics, they are not identical.  However, below are a few tips and tricks on how to use any of the dashboards we produce…. Read More

Please click here to access a document that explains the different retention rates used by the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (OAIR).

As of September 22, 2014, all registered students are reported as enrolled due to a change in the fee policy. This change affects enrollment numbers for Fall 2014 and all subsequent terms. When using the “Comparison of Enrollment to Date”… Read More

The table below shows the important dates for each semester. Semester Beginning of Priority Enrollment First Day of Classes Census Date Official Enrollment Data Available on Summer 2020 3/30/2020 5/26/2020 Spring 2020 11/18/2019 1/21/2020 Winterim 2020 10/14/2019 1/2/2020 Fall 2019… Read More

Beginning in 2008-09, the collection of race/ethnicity data was federally mandated to include a two part question to ascertain whether a student was of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity and to identify race(s).  At UWM, after extensive discussions, it was determined that any… Read More