College Institutional

Services for the Swarthmore College Community

The Office's work portfolio is broad, and its activities include projects to serve internal consitutents, such as providing support for academic and administrative assessment efforts, informing the College community about campus and external trends, conducting specialized studies in support of campus needs and priorities, summarizing information about comparison institutions, and providing support for the College's planning efforts.

Services for External Audiences

External constituents benefit from the work of the Office of Institutional Research as well. Basic statistics about the College are provided in the annual Factbook and in the Common Data Set. In addition, the Office coordinates data collections to address various external reporting needs, such as surveys from publishers of admissions guides and other agencies. Much of the College's mandated reporting to the state and federal governments is done by the Office of Institutional Research.