Overview
The mission of the Office of Policy Analysis & Research (OPAR) is to inform University of Wisconsin System planning, policy development, evaluation, and decision-making processes, and guide UW System’s strategic direction in contributing to the economic development and higher education goals of the State of Wisconsin.
In fulfilling this mission, OPAR’s primary functions are to oversee the collection and management of student, curricular, admissions, and financial aid data from UW System institutions and conduct relevant analysis in these areas; serve as the office of record and clearinghouse for the UW System Administration (UWSA) on student, curricular, admissions, and financial aid information; provide accurate, timely information and analyses to the Board of Regents, UWSA senior leadership, and UW System institutions; lead systemwide accountability reporting efforts; conduct instructional workload and cost analysis; initiate studies to address emerging national and state issues in higher education; support review and evaluation of UW System policies and academic programs; contribute to the budget planning process; benchmark UW System performance against peer systems and institutions; coordinate and analyze systemwide surveys; respond to state and federally mandated information requirements and other data requests; adopt best practices in use of technology in institutional research; and facilitate collaboration on higher education issues with UW System institutions.
Leadership

Ben Passmore
Associate Vice President for Policy Analysis and Research
Contact
1524 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 263-0872
bpassmore@uwsa.edu
Staff

Todd Bailey
Policy and Planning Analyst
1540 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 263-3743
tbailey@uwsa.edu

David Blough
Policy and Planning Analyst
1542 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 265-9796
dblough@uwsa.edu

Sue Buth
Director
1530 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 262-1751
sbuth@uwsa.edu

Kelly L Campbell
Administrative Assistant
1534 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 262-6441
kcampbell@uwsa.edu

Rochelle Day
Policy and Planning Analyst
1504 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 265-9177
rday@uwsa.edu

Ting-Hsuan Hung
Policy and Planning Analyst
1510 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 265-6776
thung@uwsa.edu

Ling Ning
Policy and Planning Analyst
1546 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 263-2728
lning@uwsa.edu

Lixia Qin
Policy and Planning Analyst
1544 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 262-6718
lqin@uwsa.edu

Jennifer White
CDR Technical Coordinator
1536 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 262-2623
jwhite@uwsa.edu

Daniel Younan
Policy and Planning Analyst
1538 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: (608) 890-3529
dyounan@uwsa.edu