Savannah State University Institutional Research and Planning Web is intended as a strategic planning tool for the campus community . The purpose of this web site is to provide current and accurate aggregate institutional data and other information, in accessible and usable archival format, for use by responsible users.  Accordingly, access is available to anyone via the WWW.   While this inter-net web site and its contents are not intended to be a primarily a part of the public domain, it is accessible by the public.  The site does not contain any personal information protected by individual privacy rights.  Providing university information to the general public is the responsibility of the Office of Public Information.

Available in this web site are several types of information important for planning purposes:

a. Raw aggregate data extracted from official university data bases, generally displayed in both table and graphic formats

b. Findings and conclusions from specific Institutional Research Office studies, generally combining various data drawn directly from part a, above.

c. Formal documents and papers representing official university governance, policy, procedural, and operational statements

d. Miscellaneous other documents and advice relating to institutional research, planning, and evaluation techniques

e. Formal presentations to and about the SSU University community and research studies by the Office of Institutional Research Staff and/or others

f. Connecting links to other external data sources useful for strategic planning purposes in this region

g. Dynamic links to a glossary of ideas and definitions pertinent to a page being viewed.

In using this site for planning, bear in mind several special peculiarities of this electronic "Strategic Fact Book" format:

a. The site is always under development; data and organization are subject to weekly change as errors may be discovered and/or new information is found to be relevant.

b. Raw data is presented here for the university as a whole, for each college or major division of the university, and for each formal academic program or unit in the university.

c. In citing data or information from this site, a full citation should record the complete web address and date for any unique page on which it is located. (Updates to the web site will be placed on line weekly during the year and older versions will be kept in the IRP Office Data Warehouse for continued reference for a period of one calendar year.)

d. The file structure employed is "nested."  One clicks on an underlined title or name to go to a page; one clicks on the browser return arrow to return to the prior page.  Clicking any URL opens a page to view.  Pages often contain further links to other pages.

e. Contents from any particular page may be downloaded or printed at will from your own computer, minimizing your need to collect great masses of paper from the IRP office in support of your strategic research, planning, and evaluation work.