The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) wants to let campus know that while the Databook isn’t available yet, we are working diligently to bring it to you. Drake’s Databooks provide a wide variety of information about the population characteristics of students, faculty, and staff. After many discussions with senior leadership and other campus constituents, OIRA is updating the Databook format so it will be more dynamic and allow you to mine for the data you need. Due to the work on this new, improved Databook, what will be available on OIRA’s Databook page this year will be sparser than in the past.  We still anticipate having the basic information online and available before Nov. 1, with faculty information to be added around Nov. 15. (Faculty data isn’t collected until Nov. 1.) Thank you for your understanding as we work to bring you the best data for your decisions.

—Christine Marchand, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment