The Office of Planning and Analysis serves as a central point for authoritative institutional data and definitions; provides strategic planning and decision support for University leadership; performs environmental scanning, forecasting, predictive modeling, and sophisticated analysis; and ensures the integrity of institutional data. Additionally, the office supports space management including utilization, inventory, and assignment; provides internal and external measurement expertise and processing; and promotes continuous quality improvement.
The Office of Planning and Analysis serves as a unifying force in the University of Minnesota’s distributed environment, providing coordination and support for the planning, analytics, measurement, and quality activities of academic and administrative units across all campuses of the university system. Across all these relationships, the focus of the Office of Planning and Analysis is on supporting evidence-based strategic and operational decision-making, ensuring data integrity, demonstrating accountability, and enhancing institutional analytic capacity.
If you have any questions about this office or its web site, please do not hesitate to call (612) 626-3838.