The Office of Research Services is responsible for:
- Developing and maintaining the Statewide Student Database. Including:
- Collecting and maintaining student unit records in public colleges and universities as required by law
- Analyzing and reporting data included in legislatively mandated reports
- Serving as liaison between the institutions and those requesting information from the database
- Serving as a facilitator among other agencies and institutions on joint projects regarding institutional research
- Supporting functions for other divisions of the agency with respect to data analysis and reporting
- Coordinating all state and federal required data collection and analysis, for entities such as the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and
the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB),
- Conducting activities and studies regarding issues in higher education to be used in policy formulation and debate.