The Senior Associate Provost works at the direction of and supports the Provost. This position helps in guiding the budgeting process of the provost office, oversees the provost office communications, Institutional Research, and Institutional Space Planning and Management, as well as the Apple Developer Academy and the SIS-transition project. 


Institutional Research  

Institutional Research (IR) provides timely and accurate analysis to support data-informed policy and decision making at MSU. IR integrates contextually relevant current and historical data from across campus to inform internal planning and assessment. As an official source of record, IR fulfills mandated federal and state reporting and is the steward of structures that support organizational functions at MSU. IR is a campus resource that supports data quality, integrity, and appropriate use. 

Below is a series of easy to access and self-service reports including Data Digest, Planning Profile Summary, Standard and Entering Class reports, graduation rate, research productivity and rankings data. 


Institutional Space Planning and Management 

Institutional Space Planning and Management (ISPM) is responsible for Capital and Space Planning and Space Administration for the university, aligning space and physical resources with strategic vision to support MSU’s core mission of teaching/learning, research, and outreach.  ISPM plans new facilities to meet programmatic needs and priorities of the campus including space and facility projections to support university growth areas and initiatives, and development of strategies to improve utilization of existing space.  The unit also administers university facilities funds and develops budget and funding strategies for capital projects. 
 
ISPM provides leadership and guidance to Major Administrative Units to assist with the use and implementation of the space policy and utilization of space and facilities.  In addition, ISPM manages the MSU Space Inventory, instructional space planning and improvements, barrier-free planning, and space metrics and reporting.