Welcome to the Office of Planning & Analysis
At the Office of Planning & Analysis (OPA), our purpose is to create decision support that helps Berkeley better fulfill its teaching, research and public service mission and live up to our campus goal of promoting access and excellence. Our core values that define how we contribute to the campus community include creativity, integrity, collaboration, excellence and stewardship. And our goal is to transform OPA from a standard institutional research office to one of the most trusted, innovative, and influential advisory groups on the campus.
Planning & Analysis Highlights
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity
The Division of Equity and Inclusion has just published a set of demographic and campus climate dashboards, which utilize a variety of data sources, including Cal Answers and the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey.
A new briefing paper on the ethnic and income diversity of undergraduates, completed through a collaboration between the Division of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Planning and Analysis, is available.
Survey of New Students
The annual Survey of New Students, which is administered to all new freshmen and transfer students, has now closed. This survey collects data about new students' previous academic experiences, interests, and first impressions of Berkeley.
A briefing note on the Profile and Early Experiences of New Students is now available. Highlights include information about who our new students are and where they come from geographically, as well as what some of their early concerns and future aspirations are. Summaries of the overall results for new freshmen and transfer students are also now available.
Cal Answers
Cal Answers is the new reporting portal for UC Berkeley's Enterprise Data Warehouse. The pilot datasets for this reporting environment include undergraduate applicants, undergraduate entry cohorts, registered students, and degrees. Beginning this fall, Cal Answers will expand to include procurement data, the human capital management census, and eventually many other datasets. The Cal Answers website includes information about requesting access, logging in, available reports, training, and other topics.