IE History

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research was established in the early 1990’s after considerable changes were made to requirements for continued accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges (COC). The new Criteria for Accreditation raised the level of uniformity it expected for all institutions of higher education under its regional jurisdiction. With institutional effectiveness becoming the central focus of the Criteria, TSTC Harlingen administration responded by establishing an office, staff, and necessary resources to carry out all new reporting requirements of effective planning supported by research and evidence needed to set institutional priorities for planning and budgeting for reaffirmation

The IE&R department has led college efforts to embrace all-new criteria under the most recent accreditation standards, the Principles of Accreditation, which became effective in January 2004. Currently, the college is focusing on the continued development and refinement of learning outcomes assessment plans for all instructional and student affairs units and developing a series of electronic databases and other features that make it faster and more efficient for the college to access not only more information and data, but more relevant information and data.

• What is IE?
• Mission Statement
• IE Staff
• Organizational Chart (pdf)