Institutional Effectiveness

Our Mission

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness provides vital information regarding the college for the purposes of decision-making, assessment, institutional research, strategic planning, academic program review and to fulfill mandated reporting requirements. Data are captured, synthesized, analyzed and interpreted for the advancement of the institution.

Strategic Planning

Assessment Tools

Assessment Guides

• UNC-Chapel Hill
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Stanford University
• Constructing Learning Outcomes
• Assessment Methods
• Rubrics
• Planning and Dissemination

Institutional Research Resources

Institutional Research

• Internet Resources for Institutional Research
• Association for Institutional Research
• The Electronic AIR

Higher Education Statistics

• National Research Council's Graduate Program Rankings
• National Center for Education Statistics
• IPEDS College Opportunities on Line
• Projections of Education Statistics to 2016
• Mini-Digest of Education Statistics 2006
• The Condition of Education, 2007
• Digest of Education Statistics, 2007
• The Chronicle of Higher Education -- Academe This Week -- Almanac
• Association of Research Libraries Statistics
  

Demographic and Trend Data

• Employment Projections Home Page
• Consumer Price Indexes Home Page
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• County and City Data Books
• Social Sciences Data Center
• American Demographics/Marketing Tools
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Data