The Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support (OIRDS) gathers, analyzes, and uses data to inform institutional planning, policy development and decision-making. The Office provides critically important reporting, assessment, benchmarking, planning, and public information services to support institutional effectiveness and to respond to the needs of the university community and external stakeholders.

OIRDS delivers analytical and consulting services to central, chancellor, collegiate, and administrative areas to support academic and administrative planning and evaluation. Specific activities of OIRDS include responsibility for new program development; institutional accreditation and licensing, academic program review, data and analytical support for university offices and committees; survey development, administration, and analysis; placement testing of new students; and internal, inter-institutional, state, and federal reporting.