The Office of Institutional Studies collects and reports data and information about the college. The office responds to questionnaires and other requests from both the internal campus community and from external sources, and provides data to fulfill federal, state, and other compliance reporting requirements and in support of planning and assessment.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
IPEDS is the core postsecondary education data collection program for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Data collected include enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty, staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid. These data are available at the NCES website.
The University & College Accountability Network (U-CAN)
U-CAN, a National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) consumer-information initiative, is designed to give students and their families concise, Web-based consumer-friendly information on the nation's nonprofit, private colleges and universities. Consumers are also able to search institutions by a wide array of variables, including tuition, debt at graduation, number of students, graduation rate, city, state, distance from home, affiliation, and more. Union's U-CAN profile is available at the U-CAN website.
Contact:
Tina Gleason
Director
(518) 388-6607
gleasont@union.edu
Lester Ko
Research Assistant
(518) 388-6722
kol@union.edu