Mission

The mission of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at Western Nevada College is to foster a culture of evidence by facilitating the management, analysis, reporting and use of data and information in support of students, planning, assessment and decision-making.

Main Activities

• Support institutional efforts in strategic planning and assessing institutional effectiveness.
• Support completion of institutional accreditation requirements and expectations.
• Support academic programs and student services departments and functions in assessing, improving and reporting on the effectiveness of their programs.
• Serve as an official data provider to the state of Nevada, the federal government and other external entities.
• Administer student satisfaction and alumni surveys and internal surveys on satisfaction with services and programs.
• Conduct special analyses on issues of importance to the college community.
• Serve as WNCs central point of contact for institutional data requests.

External Resources

• Nevada System of Higher Education: This site provides system-wide and institution specific data and information on NSHE Strategic Plan indicators and other initiatives. Filter on Western Nevada College in the upper left.
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: The Institutional Research and Effectiveness Office provides institutional data to IPEDS, which is the core postsecondary education data collection program for the National Center for Education Statistics.
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities: The NWCCU is the accrediting authority for Western Nevada College.

Nevada Resources

• Nevada Department of Education
• Nevada Labor Market Information
• NV Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation

Other Resources

• American Association of Community Colleges
• Association for Institutional Research
• Association of American Colleges and Universities

Links to external websites are provided for your benefit and are not official WNC content.