Division of Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness
Message from the Vice Provost, Wanda P. Smith
The Division of Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness (SIE) provides a foundation for informed decision-making at the College. Our mission statement is straight forward. Our core function descriptions are succinct, but embody a myriad of activities that support the mission. As a team, we are dedicated to facilitating, coordinating, and guiding the college’s accreditation activities; leading the strategic planning process; supervising and carrying out the college’s institutional research functions; providing data and analysis for decision-making at a variety of levels throughout the College; assisting internal stakeholders with their research and assessment needs; helping monitor institutional compliance with all federal, state and local regulations; and coordinating College reporting to governmental agencies and external constituents in the most timely and accurate manner possible.
We look forward to working with you.
Mission
Engage the Miami Dade College community in a strategic, systematic, and evidence-driven process of continuous improvement to fulfill the College's mission.
Core Functions
- Provide leadership and oversight of the College's institutional quality and effectiveness activities, including but not limited to research, planning, accreditation, assessment, and evaluation
- Collect, analyze, interpret, and report data for strategic decision support and compliance
- Serve as stewards of data and information
- Educate information producers, users, and consumers on the strategic and ethical use of data to help improve student achievement and success, educational quality, and institutional performance
- Collaboratively build college-wide capacity to advance data informed decision making.
- Enhance the coordinated, decentralized ability to work with data and information.
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