Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Institutional Effectiveness
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
This office was established by St. Cloud State president George Selke in 1938.
Its main task has been to gather statistics on various functions of the university, including enrollment, credit hours, faculty/student ratios, salaries, faculty, and research, all to help administrative decision-making. At various times, this office was in charge coordinating external grants.
1938-1967?: Bureau of Research
1967-1969?: Bureau of Institutional Research
1969?-1979: Office of Institutional Research
1979-1981: Office of Institutional Studies and Research
1981-1983: Office of Institutional Studies and Sponsored Research
1983-1997: Office of Institutional Studies
1997-2002: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
2002-2005?: SUSPENDED
2005: Office of Institutional Research and Planning
2005-2010+: Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Heads of this unit include:
1938-1951?: E.M. Paulu
1951?-1964?: Marvin Holmgren
1964?-1979: Paul Ingwell
1979-1983: Lora Robinson
1983-1997?: Tom Stein
1997?-2002: Mary Soroko
2002-2005: SUSPENDED
2005: Guihua Li
2005-2009: Lisa Foss (interim)
2009-2010+: Lisa Foss
Using only records available from Archives, this history is likely incomplete.