Office of Institutional Research Records
WFU's Office of Institutional Research is responsible for conducting and reporting research and statistical data of the University, and for University studies and planning. The office also manages the accreditation process. Materials in the collection include accreditation and annual reports, financial reports, faculty files, undergraduate and graduate school statistics, university strategic planning, and statistical trends documents.
Biographical and Historical Note
WFU's Office of Institutional Research is responsible for providing and making available vital information about the University, mostly related to statistics and analysis. The Office of Institutional Research is also required to report various statistics about the University to accreditation agencies, including bodies such as the American Council on Education, the North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities, and the Southern Universities Conference. The Office of Institutional Research is also responsible for planning and executing studies of individual departments on campus and reporting them to the University community.
Collection Overview
This collection's records document the work of the Office of Institutional Research. The office is responsible for broadly assessing university activities, so the collection includes a wide variety of materials. Materials from this collection include accreditation reports, annual reports, financial reports, faculty files, undergraduate and graduate school statistics, university strategic planning, and statistical trends documents.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is organized into 4 series: Series 1. Faculty files; Series 2. Reports; Series 3. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools materials; and Series 4. Subject files. All series are arranged in alphabetical order.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Taylor Hodges and Stephanie Bennett, 2016 February
- Revision Description
- Revised by Ashelee Gerald Hill, Stephanie Bennett, Kainat Tariq and Lila Gneiling, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.