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Institutional Effectiveness

About

Welcome to the Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness serves to advance Grayson College’s mission, vision and effectiveness by facilitating integrated strategic planning, assessment, and reporting to support data-informed decision-making, policy formation, academic program development, accreditation efforts, and continuous improvement at the College.

The Office is responsible for three key functions of the College: assessment (student learning, student support, and administrative), strategic planning, and institutional accreditation.

Who We Are

The mission of the Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness is to provide leadership and support for the College's institutional effectiveness work. We promote:

  • Commitment to quality and continuous improvement
  • Connection through college-wide planning, research, program review, outcomes assessment, recourse development, and accreditation.
  • Completion through creating a culture of evidence-based decision making that helps the College to maintain the integrity of its principles and outcomes.

What We Do

  • Meets with campus stakeholders to discuss data in various meetings and conferences.
  • Creates custom surveys for data collection on campus.
  • Completes reports for compliance purposes for local, state and federal mandating bodies.
  • Provides data analysis for the program review process.
  • Provides direction and support for the Institutional Student Learning Outcomes and Administrative Outcomes evaluation.
  • Provides special assistance to the college pertaining to assessment, strategic planning, and analysis.

Flowchart illustration showing Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Institutional Accreditation pointing to a central Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

Using this Resource Site

This site is a hub that users will find easy to navigate via the headers on the left sidebar. Should you have any suggestions, require information, or have useful information to post, please contact Dr. Dava Washburn, washburnd [at] grayson [dot] edu or Alison Soeder, soedera [at] grayson [dot] edu