General Resources

UNM Data

There are many UNM data sources that may be used for assessment purposes. A few are listed below. The Office of Assessment will also host a UNM Data Sources Workshop each semester that will illustrate how to navigate some of the sources listed below. 

  • MyReports: the "live" source for gathering student data. You will need the Banner Authorization Request (BAR) role "Student Detail MyReports User" to access the reports in MyReports, and you can request that role here. 
  • UNM Office of Institutional Analytics (OIA) 
    • Fact Book: Contains information on student enrollment, graduation, faculty, staff, and financial aid (produced annually).
    • Official Enrollment Reports: Contains information on enrollments and student credit hours (SCH) by level, college, demographic group, and time status (produced each semester).
    • Common Data Set: Used to populate many of our national surveys such as U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review; Contains information on enrollment, incoming freshman demographics, faculty, course section sizes, and more (produced annually).
    • IPEDS Finance, HR, and Student Data: These data are reported to the Federal Government every year and are a rich source of data on finance, degrees, enrollments, and employees. 
  • Tk20 CampusWide™: The UNM College of Education uses Tk20 CampusWide™ for their academic programs and administrative units as a resource to support a culture of improvement at UNM. It is a comprehensive assessment, planning, reporting, and data management system used only in the College of Education to collect and manage their academic and non-academic assessment activities learning. Designated faculty and staff who are responsible for inputting assessment information and data into Tk20 for their academic program may use this link to access UNM’s Tk20 CampusWide™ portal.

National Organizations

As an institution accredited by the HLC, UNM colleges, schools, and branches must adhere to HLC Criteria for Accreditation. The Office of Assessment & APR works closely with Criteria 3 & 4, both of which offer guidance for assessment and continuous improvement. More information about UNM's accreditation by the HLC can be found on the accreditation website.

Established in 2008, NILOA's mission is to discover and disseminate ways that academic programs and institutions can productively use assessment data internally to inform and strengthen undergraduate education, and externally to communicate with policy makers, families and other stakeholders.

NILOA assists institutions and others in discovering and adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes. Documenting what students learn, know and can do is of growing interest to colleges and universities, accrediting groups, higher education associations, foundations and others beyond campus, including students, their families, employers, and policy makers.

To learn more about NILOA and its resources, please go to the the NILOA website.

The AALHE is an organization of practitioners interested in using effective assessment practice to document and improve student learning. As such, it aims to serve the needs of those in higher education for whom assessment is a tool to help them understand learning and develop processes for improving it.

The organization — and this website — have been designed to constitute a wide range of resources for all who are interested in the improvement of learning, from assessment directors who organize and manage programs, to faculty and Student Affairs professionals who use assessment strategies to understand their students’ learning, to graduate students and others who are conducting research on the effectiveness of assessment processes and instruments, to institutional researchers who want to develop effective learning data systems. AALHE intends to offer assessment practitioners a variety of ways to learn and share their thoughts about assessing and improving learning.

To learn more about AALHE and its resources, please visit the AALHE website. 

AAC&U is recognized nationally and internationally as the leading association dedicated to advancing the quality, vitality, and public standing of liberal education and inclusive excellence in higher education. Founded by 150 college presidents in 1915 as the Association of American Colleges, AAC&U currently represents nearly 1,400 accredited colleges and universities of every type and size. AAC&U’s membership comprises large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year, domestic and international, secular and faith-based institutions; tribal colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and entire state systems.

AAC&U has a robust repository of rubrics and templates that can be used to assist institutions and others in adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes. To learn more about the AAC&U and its resources, please go to the AAC&U website.