DAPIR’s Institutional Research & Decision Support (IRDS) team welcomes two new staff members—Kassie Bentzinger and Jonathan Hanes. In mid-November, Kassie Bentzinger joined the DAPIR office as a BI Developer. Alongside BI Developer Jessica Liu, Kassie …
Year: 2025
December 2025. Badger Data Platform.
DAPIR is excited to introduce the Badger Data Platform, UW–Madison’s enterprise institutional data ecosystem. The Badger Data Platform provides a centralized, scalable, and flexible way to manage UW–Madison’s data. Where can I get more information? …
Sharing a new review process for institutional surveys
Feedback from our campus community is essential for guiding activities across the institution, and surveys are often an effective way to collect that information. To ensure we don’t overburden students, faculty, and staff with too …
Updated visualizations: Trends in Student Enrollments and Trends in Degrees
DAPIR recently updated two institutional Tableau visualizations to reflect fall 2025 census numbers. The Trends in Student Enrollments and Trends in Degrees and Related Data visualizations provide insights into enrollments and degrees over time, broken …
Behind the numbers—understanding UW–Madison’s census date for enrollment
Each fall, UW–Madison takes an official snapshot of student enrollment on the 10th day of classes, known as the institution’s “census date.” These counts, also known as our “frozen enrollment” counts, are used in key …
September 2025. Governance program priorities and Workday updates.
Thank you to Lisa Johnston, Director of Data Governance, and Lonnie Morgan, UW-Madison ATP Data & Reporting Strategy Lead, for joining the Badger Data Network in September. Lisa highlighted what we can expect to see …
August 2025. UW–Madison’s academic structure.
Michelle Young, DAPIR’s Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Planning, spoke during the August Badger Data Network, providing an overview of UW–Madison’s academic structure. What do we mean by academic structure? The academic structure is …
A warm welcome to our new DAPIR colleagues
DAPIR is fortunate to welcome three staff members to our office. James Yonker, Rosie Bae, and Adam Anderson recently joined the Institutional Research and Decision Support team as institutional policy analysts. The Institutional Research and …
July 2025. Workday updates on reports. AIR presentation.
Lonnie Morgan joined us for the first part of our session to provide an update on reporting in Workday. His slides offer tips for running reports and share the top reports accessed to date. Bethany …
June 2025. What to expect after Workday’s launch.
Lonnie Morgan, UW-Madison ATP Data & Reporting Strategy Lead, provided valuable information about what to expect in the first six months after Workday goes live and asked us about our go-live Workday data concerns. Additionally, …