Our Mission

• Facilitate effective campus planning and decision making, fulfill mandated reporting requirements, and support a college culture of evidence, by collecting, preserving, analyzing, and disseminating reliable data regarding the state, characteristics, activities, operations, and policies of Linn-Benton Community College.
• Serve Linn-Benton Community College by providing higher order research and timely, accurate data to support informed decision-making, campus assessment efforts, institutional effectiveness, and to create a culture of evidence.

Office Staff
Our office is currently part of the Information Services branch of the college.

BJ Nicoletti
Director of Institutional Research
6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany, OR 97321
Office: (541) 917-4214
Email: BJ.Nicoletti@linnbenton.edu

Laura Wisecaver
Institutional Researcher
6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany, OR 97321
Office: (541) 917-4500
Email: wisecal@linnbenton.edu

What we do

• Carry out federal and state reporting such as IPEDS and OCCURS
• Collect and analyze graduate data on an annual basis
• Gather data for College Wide Success Indicators book on an annual basis
• Act as a resource for departmental Institutional Effectiveness needs
• Maintain Grants office
• Act as a resource for any other campus data needs (foundation, media…)
• Maintain college assessment and placement system
• Create and disseminate surveys as needed
• Provide demographic data on our students and community