Institutional Research

Mission

The Freed-Hardeman University Office of Institutional Research exists to promote institutional effectiveness, to provide relevant institutional information and to facilitate the university planning process.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Production of the annual FHU Fact Book
  • Assisting the Assistant Vice-President for Institutional Effectiveness in monitoring the campus planning process by unit
  • Responding to external requests for data (federal and state governments, national higher education publications, accrediting agencies, research studies, etc.)
  • Compiling, analyzing and disseminating faculty/course evaluations conducted each semester
  • Overseeing the administration of and dissemination of data from campus surveys including the following:
    • ACT Student Opinion Survey
    • Common Data Set
    • FHU Academic Advising Survey
    • FHU Alumni Survey
    • FHU Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Surveys
    • Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) Freshman Survey - CIRP
    • Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) College Senior Survey - CSS
    • Other miscellaneous and ad hoc survey requests (Admissions, Advancement, Information Technology, Lectureship, Mid-South Youth Camp)

Data Requests

Please send data requests to Jon Suttles at jsuttles@fhu.edu.