While the Office of the University Registrar, Institutional Research, and the Budget Office maintain large databases, various other offices have created their own stand-alone databases. While these other data are needed, some definitional inconsistencies make comparative analyses extremely difficult. Addressing these problems is an important responsibility of Institutional Research. Each year, this office produces standard internal reports on the demographics and status of students and staff, and on the utilization of instructional resources. Unit revenues and expenditures are tracked and analyzed by the Budget Office.
Evaluation occurs at both the program and the course level.
All graduate programs are reviewed at inception and on a seven-year schedule by the Graduate Council. In connection with that review, new procedures are being considered by the Graduate Council. Undergraduate day programs are reviewed at inception. Most of the undergraduate programs in the professional colleges are externally accredited and so are reviewed periodically. University College has a formal review process.