Description of Services

The Institutional Planning and Analysis Office serves the needs of BCIT in three key functional areas:

1. Institutional Planning

- coordinating the development of strategic and operational plans, by:

• Engaging the BCIT community in the planning process.
• Ensuring operational plans are integrated with institutional strategic priorities.
• Facilitating the development of key performance measures and ensuring their integration in the planning framework.

2. Performance Measurement and Evaluation

- conducting analytical research that will assist BCIT to evaluate educational and service performance, by:

• Assisting educational and service units with the development of their performance framework.
• Developing the methodology for the data collection and analysis needed to produce performance measures.
• Assisting managers of enterprise management systems and data custodians to develop and maintain data definitions and data standards.
• Developing and publishing performance reports using dashboard and balanced scorecard presentation methods.

3. Official Student Enrolment Reporting

- providing the BCIT community with:

• Enrolment and student FTE statistics.
• Retention and graduation analysis.

4. Government and Institutional Information and Data Compliance

• Participate in provincial committees, such as Accountability Framework, Student Outcomes, and Data Definition and Data Standards.
• Collaborate with Information Technology Services and the Registrar’s Office to validate data warehouse submissions.
• Produce the audited FTE enrolment reports.
• Produce the information and data required for the BCIT Service Plan.

The Institutional Planning and Analysis Office will conduct its business according to approved service standards.