Office of Institutional Quality (IQ) for College Effectiveness Office of IQ: Mission and Goals

The Office of Institutional Quality reports to the college president and works to coordinate all areas of the college to insure that each unit of the college is achieving the college's vision, values, mission and goals. 

• The office coordinates all activities related to institutional self-studies and follow-up reports for the Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) and the National League for Nursing (NLN).
• The office oversees the Institutional Research and Assessment process;  
• The office supervises the review, revision and re-alignment of the college's culture statements and works to see that these are actively addressed in strategic planning, budgeting, and institutional assessment. 
• The office also oversees the development of the college's Strategic Planning Document and records the progress of the achievement or modification of plan's objectives. 
• The Assistant to the President for Institutional Quality co-chairs the college's Advisory Council to the President for Planning and Budgeting (PBC) to guarantee that departmental plans/budgets are aligned with the strategic plan and to prioritize all new money requests for recommendation to the President. 
• The IQ Office maintains an electronic library of data related to institutional assessment (see Key Performance Targets) for use by the President and his leadership staff and also facilitates directed data-based studies.
• The office develops and conducts local web-based surveys for assessment purposes as well as conducting web-based research to locate and disseminate models for emergent applications.
• The office develops Impact Studies and facilitates Process Improvement Teams;
• IQ also assists with the coordination between the assessment of student learning and institutional effectiveness. 

An annual report on Institutional Effectiveness is issued to the college community.

Document Links

• DASHBOARD: Key Performance Targets/Indicators/Data
• FACT BOOK:  Report Depot

• The Strategic Plan, 2010-2015
• Strategic Plan Assessment Matrix
• College Culture Statements
• The Institutional Effectiveness Annual Report: FY 10
• IE Report Recommendations/Status
• Planning Documents: (www.ocean.edu/budget.htm)  
• State Report Card for New Jersey (from "Measuring Up," The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education)
• College Senate Bylaws, amended 8-27-07
• The Periodic Review Report, June 1, 2009 for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
• Institutional Profile FY 09, October 2009
• Board of Trustees: Expectations and Responsibilities

Contact:

Janet Hubbs
Assistant to the President for Institutional Quality

Office of Institutional Quality    Admin 214
732.255.0400 ext. 2195     Fax: 732.864.3876     jhubbs@ocean.edu