Overview
This section contains complete Common Data Sets, IR Notes, and information about the IR Office and its activities.
Common Data Set (CDS):
The CDS is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided, as well as to reduce the reporting burden on data providers. Following is the data for St. Olaf College:
- Summary of Common Data Set, 1997-current
- CDS All Sections: 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00, 1998-99, 1997-98
- CDS Appendices Index (PDF): 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00
- CDS Definitions (PDF): 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00
Institutional Research & Evaluation Annual Reports:
Annual report to the Office of the Provost & Dean of the College on the major activities of the IR & E Office
| IR Notes: (available internally only) | IR Annual Reports: |
A compilation of occasional messages about institutional research originally sent by e-mail to the St. Olaf faculty, staff, and student leaders. |
Annual report to the Office of the Provost & Dean of the College on the major activities of the IR Office (fka IRP). |
Other:
- IR Completed/Current Year Surveys
- IR Survey Schedule: 4 years projected
- Existing Questionnaire Inventory Project (EQUIP) (access to data about student learning available in regional and national surveys. Link to E&A website.)
- Student
Learning Item Catalog (SLIC)
(From the EQUIP project above, survey items related to student learning, classified according to the behaviors, knowledge, skills, and attitudes they are intended to measure. Link to E&A website) - External Reports Inventory

