Data Sources

Governance Links

• Faculty Policies and Procedures
• Faculty Senate
• Secretary of the Faculty
• University Academic Planning Council

Outward Focused Resources

• Common Data Set
  (national and international ranking of institutions of higher education using various metrics.)
• Wisconsin Idea Database
  (Search by school/college or WI County for outreach activities)
• Accountability Reports
  (Yearly campus accountability reports related to legislated requirements, accreditation, institutional improvement and peer benchmarking)
• Experts Database
  (UW-Madison faculty and staff who have agreed to comment on breaking news, ongoing developments and trends in their areas of expertise.)
• Enrollment Reports and Student Statistics
  (Data from the Office of the Registrar enrollment statistics by state, high school, county etc.)

Student Outcome Resources

• Student Satisfaction Surveys
• Student Time-to-Degree
• Retention and Graduation Rate

Academic Resources

• Student Information System (SIS)
• Degrees, Majors and Options, Certificates and Subjects Listings
  (Campus lists provided from the Office of the Registrar)
• Enrollment Reports and Student Statistics
  (Data from the Office of the Registrar related to number of student in majors and courses, degrees conferred, diversity)

Department and College Resources

• Data Digest
  (with excel tables)
• Dept Planning Profiles
• Credit Analysis
  (Credits Follow the Instructor and Credits Follow Department)
• Grades and Grading Patterns

Research Resources

• Extramural Support Statistics
• RSP Online Award Search
• RSP Database
  (Academic staff with PI status, accountant search, archived awards search, CITI training lookup, Sponsor/Agency lookup, Sub-award tracking)
• Funding Search Tool
• WISPER
  (Database of extramural applications and agreements on the UW campus; UW log-in needed)

Financial Resources

• UW-Foundation funds
  (Funds and available balances, fund descriptions, forms; UW login needed)
• WISDM
  (financial data, accounts by department, unit, grant; Access through MyUW with UW log-in)

Human Resources

• Diversity Trends
  (student, faulty and staff)
• Diversity Forum Reports
  (An overview of available statistics on students, access and success initiatives, faculty and staff trends, climate studies, and other relevant topics)
• Unclassified Policies and Procedures
• Academic Staff Policies and Procedures
• Faculty Policies and Procedures
• Effort Payroll Query

CALS Generated Resources

• Basic facts
  compiled by the college, updated yearly; reflects data from campus and CALS academic affairs

Assessment Tool Resources

• Learning Analytics
  (Data and analytic techniques to help target instructional, curricular, and support resources to achieve specific learning goals for students)
• Assessment of Academic Programs and Student Outcomes