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Overview

The Office Decision Support (ODS) operates under the leadership of Dr. Prasant Mohapatra, Provost and is led by Associate Vice President, Dr. Valeria Garcia.

The purpose of the Office of Decision Support (ODS) is to facilitate leadership decision-making by providing data, analysis, business solutions and reporting for USF and to coordinate reporting and related needs for USF.  ODS supports the University by ensuring competitive performance.

ODS serves as a central support office to the university by providing the following:

  • Valid, reliable and actionable analyses to support decision-making;
  • Serves as the official data and reporting source for student and faculty data;
  • Provides student and faculty data, analytics and modeling for units campus-wide;
  • Coordinates with the state governing body and external reporting agencies.