Mission

The mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) is to coordinate assessment, facilitate accreditation, and report institutional information that supports UTMB planning and decision-making with emphasis on academic activities.

OIE coordinates educational and administrative unit assessment efforts:
  • Guides units with the development of objectives
  • Assists units with the assessment of performance against objectives
  • Monitors the collection of assessment results
  • Reports the improvements initiated due to the assessment results


    • OIE coordinates and supports accreditation efforts:
  • Assists the university with regional accreditation
  • Assists areas with discipline specific accreditation
  • Maintains accreditation status information


    • OIE provides institutional research and reports to the university, the state, and the federal government:
  • Serves as the official reporting group for educational and other statistics
  • Submits mandatory and ad hoc reports to state and federal agencies
  • Responds to requests for information about the university