Office for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

The Office for Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) provides leadership and guidance in support of evidence-based accreditation, assessment and planning at the College of Charleston.

The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) defines Institutional Effectiveness as:

2.5 The institution engages in ongoing, integrated, and institution-wide research-based planning and evaluation processes that (1) incorporate a systematic review of institutional mission, goals, and outcomes; (2) result in continuing improvement in institutional quality; and (3) demonstrate the institution is effectively accomplishing its mission. (Institutional Effectiveness)

3.3.1 The institution identifies expected outcomes, assesses the extent to which it achieves these outcomes, and provides evidence of improvement based on analysis of the results in each of the following areas: (Institutional Effectiveness)

3.3.1.1 educational programs, to include student learning outcomes

3.3.1.2 administrative support services

3.3.1.3 educational support services

3.3.1.4 research within its educational mission, if appropriate

3.3.1.5 community/public service within its educational mission, if appropriate

3.3.2 The institution has developed a Quality Enhancement Plan that (1) demonstrates institutional capability for the initiation, implementation, and completion of the QEP; (2) includes broad-based involvement of institutional constituencies in the development and proposed implementation of the QEP; and (3) identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement. (Quality Enhancement Plan)

The Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, ed. College Delegate Assembly (Decatur: Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 2010) 16, 25