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Our Spring/Summer 2009 Newsletter is available!

Here are some of the highlights:

• Strategic Reporting Initiative project update
• Faculty Data Mart update
• Learning Assessment 101
• Class of 1998 Alumni Survey
• Departures: Missy Damon, Lisa Kramer
• New staff starting 9/1: Kathryn Potts

Archive

Winter 2009

• Strategic Reporting Initiative team begins effort to improve reporting at Stanford
• Academic programs prepare mission statements
• Usage notes for Oracle Financials General Ledger Universe in DSS
• Changes coming to race and ethnicity data
• Moratorium on surveying Class of 2012

Summer 2008

• New project on faculty data funded by SGG
• The Admitted Student Questionnaire
• PeopleSoft V9 upgrade
• What does IR&DS do? Part One
• New Managers of Assessment and Program Evaluation
• Graduate Student researcher sought for IR&DS
• New hire: Lillian Lee

Spring 2008

• Re-Organization of Institutional Research at Stanford
• New function: Assessment and Program Evaluation
• Department Profiles Released
• DSS Advisory Group expanding
• Tips for using new financial data
• WASC Accreditation Update
• When is the close?

Winter 2008

• Conversion - EDW, Oracle, and Business Objects
• IPEDS 101
• NRC Update
• Valid PTA table
• Senate Finance Committee Inquiry
• WASC Accreditation Update

Fall 2007

• Staff Headcount Universes
• How to Choose a DSS Universe
• Consortia 101: COFHE
• U-CAN Launched
• New DSS Website Launched
• Newly-distributed reports
• Welcome to new DSS team member
• External rankings - an update
• Quick Notes from DSS

Summer 2007

• DSS Relocating!
• Department Profiles
• How to Get Access to DSS
• Tips on Getting Help from DSS
• Consortia 101: Introductionto AAUDE
• Year-End Dates
• USNews Rankings Update
• NRC Update
• Newly-distributed reports
• DSS seeking half-time Admin

Spring 2007

• DSS Mission Statement Statistics book now online
• Upgrades to database and server coming soon
• Institutional Research tools spotlight
• New staff member in DSS
• New website coming soon
• NRC update and Stanford accreditation