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Office of Institutional Research
Office of Institutional Research

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Welcome.

Welcome to the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The office serves the campus to collect, analyze, and disseminate information in support of university strategic planning, policy formulation, decision-making, assessment, and compliance reporting. The campus eportfolio, a collection of items selected to demonstrate and communicate achievement or progress towards university strategic goals, is maintained in this office. Campus-wide surveys are generally coordinated from this office as are most comparison studies and benchmarks that become portfolio items. The Factbook, Student Profile, and other links from this home page provide a comprehensive statistic overview about the campus. Please contact us for assistance in using this website at 554-2367 .

Centennial Project .

The office of Institutional Research Centennial Project, undertaken in 2007 and continuing through summer 2008, contributes to the archives of facts and figures reported about the UNO campus. We believe that this project will faciltate the study of interesting UNO history, facts and trends. We are scanning documents including Enrollment Reports, Fact Books, IPEDS reports, academic catalogs and Board of Regents reports dating back to 1951. The scanned documents are available to the public in the University Library.

Click here to see how UNO has grown, 1956-2008.

Student and Faculty Researchers.
Now available are CD’s with University of Nebraska at Omaha campus and historical information for a minimal price.  Enrollment reports dating back to 1963, Institutional Research Factbooks back to 1982, IPEDS reports, and other ‘official’ reports with aggregated counts, statistics, and general campus information may be purchased by calling 554-2367.  The CD’s also are available for reference and viewing in the University Archives at the University Library.

Campus Surveys - General Guidelines.

All surveys conducted by students are required to have faculty or department review and approval. All UNO surveys/questionnaires/interviews must be reviewed and approved by the supervising faculty member or academic unit. The Office of Institutional Research will coordinate review and approval of  all campus-wide surveys. The Office of Institutional Research generally does not advise individuals or academic units about survey methodology or IRB-related issues.

Survey structure and approach as well as privacy issues raised by the survey methodology will determine whether approval is needed from the Institutional Review Board (IRB).  See the UNO Sponsored Program website link “Compliance”:  http://www.unomaha.edu/spr/compliance.php

Surveys/questionnaires must adhere to the following:

  • Survey participation must be voluntary
  • Survey participants must be able to decline to answer any or all questions.
  • Subjects/participants may decline further participation, at any time, without adverse consequences.
  • Confidentiality and/or anonymity must be assured.

Interviewers must inform their subjects of these same rights (above) and additionally: