Dr. Douglas Stuart established the Office of Institutional Analysis (IA) in 1966 at the request of Dr. Raymond Smith, then-president of MTU. The mission of IA was to provide information and sound analysis for legislative hearings and to assist campus leaders in space planning issues. This mission quickly expanded to include analyses relating to enrollment issues, instructional cost issues, curricular policy changes, and presidential concerns. Although the mission of IA has changed since its inception, the fundamental principles developed by Dr. Stuart during his tenure still hold true today—Institutional Analysis must integrate and validate data from all sources, must maintain the official university data standards, must hold the official university data sets, and above all else must provide sound analyses for our clients.