{"id":3398,"date":"2021-03-29T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/ie\/?page_id=3398"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:04:03","slug":"about-oie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/oie\/about-oie\/","title":{"rendered":"About the OIE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/oie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/10\/Data-image1-e1729468315737.jpeg&#8221; alt=&#8221;An image of a colorful visualization of numerous data points.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Data Points&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||54px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=&#8221;39px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||on||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our Mission<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) supports the evidence-based decision-making of administrators, faculty, and program directors, with the overall goal of improving institutional quality. Guided by the college\u2019s mission for excellence in teaching and learning, a commitment to student success, and a desire to enhance the overall student experience, the OIE provides access to high quality and trustworthy data to inform student success initiatives, program development and evaluation, grants, public relations, and strategic planning, and to help meet compliance reporting requirements. 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