Institutional Effectiveness at North Seattle College

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The Institutional Effectiveness Department at North Seattle College provides data and research resources to all areas of the College. Institutional Effectiveness at North Seattle College also collaborates with institutional effectiveness colleagues at Seattle Central College and South Seattle College on initiatives that reach across the Seattle College District, including dashboards and surveys.

The Department works to provide the college community with insights from data to facilitate decision-making. Specific services of Institutional Effectiveness include, but are not limited to, the following:

Data requests
Dashboard development
Support for academic and instructional support area program review
Survey development
Data analysis
Report writing
Support for accreditation reports
Training to the campus community on topics, including survey construction and dashboard utilization

Institutional Effectiveness Participation on North Seattle College Committees

Institutional Effectiveness staff are involved with the following committees at North Seattle College:

Instructional Support Program Review Committee – Chaired by executive director of institutional effectiveness.
North Seattle Assessment Committee (NSAC) - Executive director of institutional effectiveness is a member of this committee.
Program Review Committee – Institutional effectiveness provides data to academic departments going through the program review process.
College Council – Institutional effectiveness department engages with this shared – governance body in several ways, i.e., research presentations, request for College Council input (custom questions for CCSSE and district – wide employee survey), etc.