Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness

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Accreditation

Prince George's Community College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), which involves regular self-study and a site visit that helps confirm our commitment to student success. See more accreditation information.

IE Process

The Institutional Effectiveness (IE) process is an annual process where all Areas of the college meet with their respective teams (IE units) to review and develop objectives related to the Strategic Goals of the College.  Next, each IE unit is expected to:

• Adopt appropriate Area objectives, perform activities and tasks associated with the objectives, collect impact data, and determine if objectives were completed and if they had the expected impact.
• Track unit performance metrics, examine trends, and determine if targets were met.
• Hold annual unit retreats to reflect on the work during the past year and plan for the next.
• Perform a self-evaluation and prepare a Unit Assessment Review document every four years.

  IC Cycle Document (PDF)

IR/Analytics and Reporting

In the RAE office, Analytics and Reporting is responsible for preparing and coordinating federal, state, and other mandatory reporting. They also manage and administer the College's business intelligence tool (Business Objects) with Enterprise Technology.  This includes working with users to build reports, provide training, and warehouse maintenance. Analytics and Reporting collaborates with Enterprise Technology to maintain the servers, security, and data transfer from Colleague to Business Objects.

Reports

2024
2024 Performance Accountability Report (PAR) (PDF)

2023
Fast Facts (PDF)

2021
Economic Impact Analysis (PDF)

Additional Data and Reports

2020 
Environmental Scan: Prince George's County (PDF)

MACC Databooks: 2005-2022

SLO Assessment Process

PGCC's Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (SLOA) process is focused primarily on the direct measurement of its students.  Data are collected from students in their courses and then aggregated to assess learning outcomes for courses, programs/certificates, and student core competencies (general education learning outcomes).  The SLOA process has a five-year cycle for completing the assessment of every program outcome and every Student Core Competency.  This means that program-required courses that meet program outcomes, including capstone courses, will be assessed withing five years.  Additionally, high-enrollment general education courses that align with the Student Core Competencies are assessed within five years. 

SLOA at PGCC General Guide

Survey Resource Center (SRC)

The Survey Resource Center within the Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness (RAE) office assists with survey development, implementation, and/or analysis. Use this service to notify RAE of large surveys taking place at the College and/or request assistance with the survey. Please use the following guidelines to determine if you need to notify RAE of your survey:

1. For any survey that is sent to fewer than 50 people at the College, it is recommended but not required to notify RAE. Please note that you can still request assistance on the survey from the RAE office using this service request.

2. For any survey that is sent to more than 50 people at the College, RAE should be contacted, and the survey will be placed on RAE’s internal survey calendar.

3. For any survey that is sent to 500 or more people at the College, RAE should be contacted, and the survey will be placed on the College’s survey calendar (myPGCC Survey Resource Center portal page).

Before completing an askPGCC request, please read the attached Survey Resource Center Checklist.

 Survey Resource Center Checklist