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Overview
Michigan State University's Academic Profile (AP) is an institutional web-based application used to gather, in a single system of record, the professional activities and accomplishments of its academic staff in the areas of instruction, research, service and administration. The data is used to support activities such as annual review, production and maintenance of curriculum vitae, website profiles, institutional reporting, and reappointment, promotion, and tenure. The data is also leveraged to support activities such as accreditation processes, sponsored research collaborations, and the recruitment and retention of faculty and graduate students. The university-wide AP system was selected via an RFP process in 2012 and uses a customized version of Activity Insight from vendor Digital Measures.
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Purpose
The MSU Academic Profile (AP) system is used to:
- Organize and build reports on teaching, research and service activities.
- Keep track of your activity information just once so that many outputs can be prepared, such as:
- Annual activity reports
- Promotion and tenure documents
- Accreditation reports
- Your CV
- Your profile on your campus website
- Assist your administration in responding to requests for faculty-related data, rather than needing to continually ask you for the information.
- Enable MSU to communicate more effectively about your accomplishments.
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Accessing the Academic Profile system
You can access the Academic Profile system at academicprofile.msu.edu (link).
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Help and Support for the Academic Profile System
There is a link on the main page labeled Training Materials and Support which links to resources to guide you step by step through the basics of the system. Other support options are listed on this page as well.
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