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. Specifically, the office:  

• Coordinates all activities related to institutional self-studies and other reports for the Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) and the National League for Nursing (NLN);
• Oversees the Institutional Research process.  See http://www.ocean.edu/campus/PAR/Research/Research.htm;  
• Supervises ongoing development and application of the college's culture statements;
• Oversees the development of the college's Strategic Planning Document and records progress;
• 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 (click on: Key Performance Targets); also, the office
• Develops and conducts local web-based surveys for general assessment and locates and disseminates models for emergent applications.
• Develops Impact Studies and facilitates Process Improvement Teams;
• Assists with the coordination between the assessment of student learning and institutional effectiveness;
• Coordinates the college's policy development process.  

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

DOCUMENT LINKS

CURRENT (2011-12) MSCHE (Middle States) DOCUMENTS: 

1.MSCHE Substantive Change Report - DL/Tienjin (November 2011)

2. MSCHE Preliminary Proposal-Self Study Design (FA 2011)

INSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS:

• DASHBOARD: Key Performance Targets/Indicators/Data/Data
• FACT BOOK:  Report Depot
• INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH:  http://www.ocean.edu/campus/PAR/Research/Research.htm
  

 

• The Strategic Plan, 2010-2015
• Strategic Plan Assessment Matrix
• College Culture Statements
• The Institutional Effectiveness Annual Report: FY 11
• Planning Documents for FY 13: (www.ocean.edu/budget.htm) 
• Institutional Self Study, MSCHE, 2004
• Monitoring Report, MSCHE, 2006
• Progress Letter, MSCHE, 2007
• The Periodic Review Report, June 1, 2009 for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
• MSCHE Institutional Profile FY 10-11
• Board of Trustees: Expectations and Responsibilities
• Administrative Leadership
• College Senate Bylaws, amended 8-27-07

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