Division Strategic Plan

Mission

We enable Stony Brook University to improve through the collection, analysis, and use of data.

Vision

We aim to become a standard-setting university function to empower improvement through data-informed decision-making.

Values

Integrity. We are honest and ethical.

Transparency.  We show our work and acknowledge limitations.

Privacy. We protect individual privacy and maintain confidentiality.

Collaboration. We actively partner with others to enhance creativity, quality, and impact.

Utility. We advance projects that are useful and actionable.

Division Goals

Collect administrative and contextual data using high-quality processes for extraction, storage, curation, indexing, and disposition.

Understand the data collected by us and by others to know its meaning, context, limitations, and implications for action.

Communicate data and analyses clearly and effectively to internal and external audiences.

Improve how the university and all members of its community achieve their goals.

Priorities

1. Promote an integrated and shared environment through technology, policy and culture for effective data collection, analysis, and reporting.
2. Develop a culture of communication that educates stakeholders and empowers them to make evidence-based improvements.
3. Advance efforts to enhance student, faculty and staff success through the development of new data sources, analytical approaches, and communication strategies.
4. Support the University Strategic Plan Our Moment and strategic efforts of the Office of the President and Office of the Provost through the collection, analysis, and communication of key data and metrics.