Office of Planning, Analysis & Accountability (OPAA)
Overview
The Office of Planning, Analysis and Accountability (OPAA) supports Bowie State University’s commitment to data-informed decision-making and institutional effectiveness.
We ensure compliance with federal, state, and University System of Maryland reporting requirements, and lead efforts related to regional accreditation. OPAA empowers strategic decision-making by conducting institutional surveys, environmental scans, and focused research studies. We transform data into actionable insights through interactive dashboards, comprehensive reports, and dynamic visual analytics tools.
Our Team includes:
- AVP for Institutional Effectiveness
- Director of Decision Support & Reporting
- Director of Institutional Surveys & Analysis
- Senior Research Analyst for Decision Support & Visual Analytics
The AVP also oversees University Testing Services.
OPAA is located in the James E. Proctor, Jr. Building, Room 312 (within University Testing Services)
Email opaa@bowiestate.edu for information or requests.
Mission
The mission of OPAA is to provide decision support information to the campus community to promote continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness. OPAA integrates institutional and external data to inform student success strategies, resource allocation, enrollment management, and institutional strategic planning and performance.
Vision
OPAA serves to contextualize data and inform institutional decision making. The office aims to achieve this by maintaining objectivity, appropriately assessing user needs, sustaining data integrity, analyzing and interpreting data, and transforming data into information that supports the pillars of BSU's Strategic Plan.
Goals of OPAA
- Provide leadership in efforts to ensure accountability to college's stakeholders
- Direct institutional strategic planning activities
- Maintain and monitor institutional effectiveness indicators
- Support learning outcomes assessment
- Serve as a clearing house for appropriate institutional statistics
- Design and conduct research studies in support of policy decisions
- Administer surveys to appropriate populations
- Support market needs assessment for program development and grant opportunities
- Fulfill state and federal reporting requirements
Institutional Effectiveness Framework
Download the Institutional Effectiveness Framework document (pdf)