Institutional Research

Key Functions

Governmental Reporting - Institution-wide data is gathered/processed/analyzed/reported to the Ministry of Advanced Education Skills and Training (AEST) and other governmental agencies throughout the year.

Decision Support Systems (DSS) - Quantitative and qualitative analysis to support a variety of institutional information requirements from policy formulation for the Executive to analytical expertise for institutional planning.

Business Intelligence - Extracting and analyzing information related to enrolment funnel, student life cycle, financials, higher education trends and other environmental scans.

Performance Monitoring and Reporting – Developing and reporting key performance indicators (KPI) as well as other outcome measures data to inform decision making at all levels of the institution.

Program Quality Assurance - Managing and displaying institutional data and dashboards that inform program review and program quality assurance.

Assessment and Evaluation - Managing key institutional surveys as well as various ad hoc surveys to collect, analyze and report data from students, faculty, employees and other stakeholders. Both quantitative and qualitative research expertise is maintained to assist institutional stakeholders with multi-mode opinion research projects.

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Student Information

This section provides analytical information on various aspects of Okanagan College Students. The following reports include information on College Student Demographics, Full time Equivalent (FTE) trends, and Student Outcomes Surveys.

Institutional Information

This section provides analytical reports on various aspects of Okanagan College as an institution. 

Institutional Research Team

Please direct enquiries to:

Manager, Institutional Research
Email: institutionalresearch@okanagan.bc.ca
Office: Centre For Learning 501E
Campus: Kelowna
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext. 4529

Lee Robinson

Senior Institutional Research Programmer/Analyst
Office: E Building 501D
Campus: Kelowna
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext. 4653

Mark Francis

Institutional Research Analyst
Office: E Building 501D
Campus: Kelowna
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext. 4207

Jackson Bates

Institutional Research Analyst
Office: E Building 501
Campus: Kelowna
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext. 4642