Performance Indicators | Flagship Forward — The Strategic Plan of the University of Mississippi

Data

The Office of Institutional Research Research, Effectiveness, and Planning assembled the following data sources to aid in the creation of the UM 2020 Strategic Plan. These data sources were useful for the departments and units across campus in their unit level planning processes.

Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning

The Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning has a wide selection of customizable reports available on their website. In particular, the Quick Facts and Enrollment Profile can be extremely helpful for planning purposes. The staff of IREP are also available answer your data questions. You can use the Data Inquiry Form to get more specific data that meets your needs.

Strategic Planning Internal Resources

A Vision Survey yielded over 2,300 completed surveys by UM faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Over 39% of our faculty, 25% of our staff, along with hundreds of students and alumni completed an extensive survey regarding the future of our institution. Over 10,000 ideas were submitted by the respondents and analyzed by the Strategic Planning Council, and formed the basis for the selection of the Priorities of Excellence. You can read a summary of the survey results in the Strategic Planning Internal Resources Box folder*.

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Key Performance Indicators

The plan included a call for establishing the means for assessing the university’s progress toward its strategic goals.

Assessing Progress
In addition to monitoring the implementation of initiatives and objectives, the Strategic Planning Council will track a set of performance metrics and qualitative indicators to measure the impact of these efforts. Key performance indicators will serve as a tool for gauging the strategic plan’s overall impact and success but will not impede the ability of academic units to manage their own internal processes. (UM 2020, p. 28)

In addition, the University of Mississippi was expected to demonstrate its performance on a variety of metrics for a variety of external audiences. The IHL funding formula contained performance metrics, as did the State of Mississippi Strategic Plan. In total, over 150 metrics were identified as potential Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) by the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning.

The SPC officially adopted first year student retention and the 6-year graduation rate as the first Key Performance Indicators, and worked with the appropriate divisions to set goals on these metrics.