Records of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning

Call Number

RG.6.3

Date

1959-1975, 2017-ongoing, inclusive

Creator

New York University. Office of Institutional Research and Educational Planning

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

(6 manuscript boxes)

Extent

3 websites

in 3 archived websites.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The Records of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning contains published survey studies, notes, summaries and memos produced between 1959 and 1975. These include materials on New York University's academic programming, faculty, facilities and students. This collection also contains the website for the Factbook, which is made up of statistics on personnel for New York University dating back to 2008. The Factbook is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Data Integrity.

History of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning

NYU's Office of Institutional Research and Planning (sometimes referred to as The Office of Institutional Research and Educational Planning) was created in Spring 1953 as the office responsible for carrying out the University's self-study. The office was under the supervision of the University's Executive Vice Chancellor, who headed the office for the first few months before Associate Dean of the School of Law Miguel de Capriles was appointed director.

In 1961 NYU's Board of Trustees approved the merger of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning with the Office of the Coordinator of Research Services to create the Office of Research Services, under the umbrella of the Academic Affairs Office. It is unclear exactly when the transition of authority over this office occurred.

In 1971 the Office of Research Services became the Office of Sponsored Programs. That year the Academic Affairs Office also changed names, becoming the Office of Academic Development. These offices retain these names at this writing.

The Factbook is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Data Integrity, which aims to "guide the university's academic, administrative and operational units for effective university planning and progress through analysis, consistent information dissemination, decision support and technical data expertise." The office is part of NYU's Human Resources' Administrative Services.

Arrangement

The material in this collection is arranged chronologically in two series.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of reports on NYU's degree programs, faculty, scholarship programs, applicants, facilities, financial aid and administrative policies published between 1959 and 1975. Preliminary reports and summaries are also included. It contains some correspondence and supplementary material such as memos, newsletters and brochures that pertain to reports or studies in the collection.

There are several reports on student progress in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Program, started in 1969, as well as reports on students who declined the offer of admission to NYU or left to attend other schools. Attention is also given to transfer students and foreign students.

The Office of Institutional Research and Planning also conducted surveys and studies of faculty morale on topics including university policies, procedures, salary and students.

Subjects

Organizations

New York University. University Heights; New York University. College of Arts and Science; New York University. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Program; New York University -- Buildings; New York University -- Administration -- 20th century; New York University -- Students

Genres

Memorandums.; Reports.; Notes.; Correspondence.; Brochures.; Newsletters.

Topics

African American college students; School personnel management.; College students -- New York (N.Y.); Statistics.

Conditions Governing Access

Institutional records of New York University are closed for a period of 20 years from the date of their creation (the date on which each document was written). The opening date for files spanning several years will be 20 years from the most recent date. Board of Trustees records are similarly closed for 35 years from the date of creation. Materials related to personnel, grievances, job searches and all files included in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are also restricted. For information on specific restrictions, please contact the University Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:

New York University Archives Elmer Holmes Bobst Library 70 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 998-2646 Fax: (212) 995-4225 E-mail: university-archives@nyu.edu

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, 1959-1975; RG 6.3; box number; folder number; New York University Archives , New York University Libraries.

To cite the archived website: Identification of item, date; Records of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, 1959-1975; RG 6.3; Wayback URL; University Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

http://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/factbook.html was selected by University Archives curators in 2017 through the use of Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. In February 2023, https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/external.reporting/viz/Factbook_15680534792720/Enrollment/ was added. The accession number associated with this website is 2023.016. In December 2024, https://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/self-service-reporting-resources/undergraduate--graduation-and-retention-data1.html and https://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/self-service-reporting-resources/factbook.html were added. The accession number associated with these websites are 2025.001.

Take Down Policy

Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.

If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.

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Related Archival Materials

See RG 15.5 Records of the New York University Self-Study.

See RG 9.5 Records of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Leslie Berlowitz.

Collection processed by

Katie Ehrlich.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-07 16:37:45 UTC.

Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

In 2022, the archived website was added to the finding aid. In 2024, additional websites were added to the collection due to a redirection of the original URL.

Revisions to this Guide

January 2025: Edited by Nicole Greenhouse to reflect additional administrative information and added archived websites

Repository

New York University Archives

Series I: Reports and Subject Files, 1959-1975

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence-- Re: Study of Faculty Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions, 1959-1963, 1972

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Recent Trends in Numbers of Degrees Granted at NYU, 1959 January

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Instructional Programs of New York University: Academic Year 1957-1958, 1959 February

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Instructional Programs of New York University: Academic Year 1959-1960, 1961 February

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Condensed Summary of Preliminary Report on Study of Faculty Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions, 1961 August

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Preliminary Report on Study of Non-Immigrant Foreign Students at NYU, 1961 October

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Informal Comments on the Faculty Questionnaire; Frederick L. Redefer, 1961 December

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Faculty Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions: A Methodological Study of Part II of the Russell Questionnaire, 1962 January

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Study of Faculty Opinions and Attitudes at Fordham University, 1962 May

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Graduate Programs at New York University--Memoranda, 1963 March

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report of Commission on Coordinated Liberal Studies, 1963 June

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Faculty Salaries-- Reports. Memoranda, Newsletters, 1963-1973

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshman Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admission, 1964 June

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admission, 1965 June

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Placement Services-- Memoranda, Brochures, 1968-1970

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Committee to Review the All-University Department Concept, 1968 May

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Memoranda-- Re: Study of Engineering Degree Programs Relating to Determination of the Teaching Cost of Producing a Graduate, 1968 July

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Some Characteristics of Doctoral Degree Recipients 1967-1968, 1968 December

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Student Services and Activities-- Reports, Memoranda, 1969-1971

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

First Year Performance at NYU of Transfer Students from Junior Colleges, 1969 January

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Per Student Cost Comparisons, SUNY and NYU; 1962-1963, 1967-1968, 1969 January

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Tuition Remission Policies for Staff Members, 1969 February

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Utilization of Classrooms at University Heights-- Fall 1968, 1969 February

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Martin Luther King Freshmen: Report on Academic Performance Progress and Ongoing Support Programs, 1969 March

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Freshmen in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Program: A Report on the First Semester, 1969 April

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

The University and Its Programs for the Afro-American: A Progress Report for the Academic Year 1968-1969, 1969 April

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Problem Areas of Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Students, 1969 May

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Utilization of Classrooms at Washington Square Fall 1968, 1969 May

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Freshmen in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Program: A Report on the First Semester, 1969 May

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Loeb Student Center Annual Report, 1968-1969: A Decade of Service; 1959-1969, 1969 June

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admissions; 1959-1969, 1969 September

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Quality of Classrooms at Washington Square, Fall 1969, 1970 January

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Gould Student Center, 1970 January

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

The Washington Square Journal: An Assessment, 1970 January

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Classroom Space, Washington Square Center, 1970 March

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Quality of Classrooms at University Heights, Spring 1970, 1970 April

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admissions, 1970, 1970 June

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report: Areas Needing Standardization, 1970 August

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report: Subcommittee B of the Committee on Standardization of Student Records, 1971 February

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Proposed Revision to Course File Creation and Course File Maintenance Registration Subsystem, 1971 March

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Proposed Revision to Student Program Change Procedures, 1971 March

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Student Record Keeping System, 1971 March

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence and Tables Regarding Freshmen Retention and Attrition, 1971-1972

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Grant Program After Two Years, 1971 May

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Problem Areas of Students Admitted as Freshmen in September of 1968, 1971 May

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admissions, 1971, 1971 September

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid Survey, 1971-1972, 1971 November

Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Why Freshmen Leave New York University and Where They Go, 1972 March

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence and Tables Regarding Freshmen Retention and Attrition, 1972-1974

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Graduation Rates of Students Admitted as Freshmen in 1968, 1972 November

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid-- Its Effects on Enrollment, 1973 January

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid Survey, 1972-1973, 1973 January

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Recruiting Report: Fall 1971, Spring 1972, Fall 1972, 1973 January

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Admissions: The September 1972 Class, 1973 February

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Admission Statistics and Recruitmen Activities Fall 1973, 1973 March

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Undergraduate Enrollment at NYU: A Review of the Past Ten Years, 1973 April

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Freshmen Who Declined Offer of Admission, 1973, 1973 September

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Assumptions Regarding the Environment for Higher Education in New York City in 1981, 1973 October

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

The Level of Education Necessary for the B.A. Degree in 1981, 1973 October

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Survey of Recent Graduate Alumni of New York University, 1973

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Why Graduate Students Came to New York University, 1973

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Why Prospective Graduate Students Reject New York University, 1973

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Early Admission Students, Fall 1972, 1973 December

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid Survey 1973-1974, 1973 December

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Some Ideas to Improve the Financial Prospects for the University, 1973 December

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Effect of Job Market Demand on Future Enrollment, 1974 January

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid: Its Effects on Enrollment, 1974 January

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Interim Report/1981 Goals Committee Report, 1974 January

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

1972 Master Plan Progress Report, 1974 January

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Policy Implications of "The Assumptions Regarding the Environment for Higher Education in 1981", 1974 February

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Preliminary Report: Graduation Rate of Students Admitted as Freshmen in 1969, 1974 February

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Consolidation of Classroom Usage, 1974 March

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Graduation Rate of Freshmen in 1968 by Geographic Area, 1974 March

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Projections of Enrollment and Income for 1974-1975 to 1976-1977, 1974 March

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Projects for Institutional Research, 1974 March

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid: Its Effects on Enrollment, 1974 April

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Why Freshmen Left New York University and Where They Went, 1974 May

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Freshmen Receiving Financial Aid, 1974 June

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Projections of Point Production for 1974/1975-1976/1977 and Demand for Additional Faculty, 1974 July

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Graduation Rates of Undergraduate Students Who Entered NYU as Freshmen, 1974 September

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Why Undergraduates Transfer to New York University, 1974 September

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Study of Fall Day Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admission to New York University, 1974 November

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Composite Report on Existing Information on Attrition and Retention of Undergraduates at New York University, 1974 December

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Financial Aid Survey, 1974-1975, 1974 December

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Fall 1974 Day Freshmen Candidates Who Declined Offer of Admissions to New York University, 1975 January

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Profile of New York University Students, 1975 January

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on Admissions: The September 1974 Class, 1975 January

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Study of Non-Returning Students Who has Pre-Registered in Washington Square and University College for the Fall Semester of 1974, 1975 January

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Comparison of Degree Productivity at New York University with Degree Productivity in New York State, 1969-1970 through 1972-1973, 1975 January

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

NYU Bachelor Degree Graduates from 1971 & 1973: A Survey, 1975

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

The Undergraduate Commuter at New York University: A Survey, 1975

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on the Rate of Graduation of Day Freshmen Who Entered New York University in Fall of 1963, 1965, 1967 and 1969, 1975 May

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Report on the Survey of Undergraduate Students Who Transferred to New York University in February 1975, 1975 June

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

Persistence and Attrition Among Undergraduate Day Students Who Tranferred to New York University in Fall of 1971, 1975

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

1975 Fall Day Freshmen at New York University: A Survey of Their Expectations and Experiences, 1976 January

Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

A Study of Faculty Satisfactions and Dissatisfactions at New York University, 1960-1980, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Series II: Archived Websites, 2017-ongoing

Extent

3 websites in 3 archived websites.

Scope and Contents

This series contains the website for the Factbook, which is made up of statistics on personnel for New York University dating back to 2008. Since 2015, the university used Tableau, a visualization software, to display statistics and also compiled statistics in PDF form. The statistics document enrollment and admission rates, enrollment by race and sex, graduation and rentention rates, financial aid, faculty and staff statistics by race and sex, and tuition.

Accruals

Websites accrued annually.

Appraisal

Crawls were expanded to include PDFs and Tableau. The public link to the Tableau table was added to the web archives to attempt to achieve a more navigable crawl but was not added to the finding aid.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.

Tableau graph is inconsistently captured.

Externally hosted content

Factbook Archived Website: March 2017-December 2024
https://wayback.archive-it.org/8678/*/http://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/factbook.html

Externally hosted content

Factbook and Common Data Sets Archived Website: December 2024-ongoing
https://wayback.archive-it.org/8678/*/https://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/self-service-reporting-resources/factbook.html

Externally hosted content

Undergraduate Graduation and Retention Data Archived Website: December 2024-ongoing
https://wayback.archive-it.org/8678/*/https://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/administrative-services/institutional-research/self-service-reporting-resources/undergraduate--graduation-and-retention-data1.html