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Institutional Research provides data and analysis to support the Marshall University community in assessment, planning, and decision-making. MU BERT is a tool used to assist Marshall University faculty and administrators with generating report data from Marshall's Enterprise Student Information System.

Our data request form should be used to request information not already on either the IR (public) or MU BERT (internal) website. If this request is for one-time data, summaries will be provided in a PDF. Data will be provided in an Excel spreadsheet unless otherwise requested. Note that your request may require additional approvals, data collection methods, and analysis techniques depending on the data's sensitivity, complexity, and availability.

Institutional data is produced and maintained by various offices on campus. Each department is responsible for the accuracy, quality, and integrity of institutional data that is specific to that office. For example, Admissions is accountable for application information; Registrar, for enrollment; and Accounting, for billing and financial information, etc. All of these pieces of data, including IR data, are proprietary, i.e. owned by Marshall University.

Some forms of University data are highly confidential and fall under Federal Regulations (FERPA) and may not be released in a public manner. Note that the IR, Registrar, Admissions, and other offices on campus will not release any unit-record data (data with identifying variables) except under very specific conditions and only by FERPA regulations. Data Stewards understand the data integrity standards and format for the release of data. There are specific conditions for the release of unit-record data.

Our timeframe for responding to data requests can vary depending on the workload within our office. To ensure that we can meet your desired timeline, please submit your request at least two weeks prior to when the information will be needed.

All fields marked with asterisk (*) are required:

Name *

Email *

Department (or Organization) *

Phone Number

If you are trying to answer a specific research question with your request, what is that research question? Please be as specific as possible:

Please provide a specific, detailed description of the data requested and its context, including any selection criteria (examples: first-time freshmen, College of Science majors, departments/colleges, demographic data, course data, class size, contact information, etc. Be as specific as possible): *

From what year(s) or term(s) do you need the data (note an academic year runs Fall through Summer. Asking for FY24 as an example would include data from Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024)? *

How will this information be used and/or disseminated? *

Will the data be used for a dashboard? If yes, IR must have administrative access to the dashboard for data validation/verification. *

Yes
No

Is this request for a committee? Please indicate whether the information is being requested by a university committee. This will ensure that reports are not duplicated. *

Yes
No

If the data will be shared with an outside agency or third-party vendor, please provide the name of the agency or vendor

What is the time frame of your project? *

Report Frequency *

One-Time Request
Repeating
Not Sure

Who are other people/offices working with you on this project? (In case we need to ask follow-up questions or get more information about the project)

Please add any additional details that may be helpful to understand your request: *