Institutional Excellence (IE)

Institutional Excellence (IE) provides integrated strategic planning, institutional research, and institutional quality assurance, to ensure evidence-based decision making, sound and outcomes-focused strategic and operational planning, and institutional assessment for continuous improvement. With a primary aim of empowering UDST to achieve its vision, mission and goals, IE is composed of:

• Strategic Planning and Performance
  •  Supports the President in the development of UDST’s overall strategy.
  • Facilitates the translation of strategic objectives into an integrated annual operational business plan in coordination with UDST’s academic and administrative leadership.
  •  Performs research, statistical analysis, benchmarking, and reporting for decision makers in support of evidence-based strategic planning.
  •  Guides the implementation of strategy and monitor the execution of strategic initiatives.
  • Prepares institutional performance reports to UDST leadership and management.
  •  Reviews and recommends overall risk management strategies to mitigate any potential adverse events that can impact UDST in any capacity.\
  • Produces and updates the Risk Management Framework to enable business units to manage their risks and support effective decision making and prioritization.
  •  Facilitates continuous improvements of risk identification and reporting across UDST.
• Institutional Research
  • Leads and manages all efforts on institutional research which focus on managing data collection, research, analysis and reporting of information to support UDST in various strategic planning, and decision-making aspects.
  • Conducts survey research to inform on student and employee behavior.
  • Conducts surveys across students, faculty, and employers to assess the impact of teaching and learning at UDST and work in close coordination with colleges.
  • Leads gathering of data on students, faculty, educational programs, and administrative and support services to provide accurate information to support planning and decision-making activities within UDST.
  • Analyzes quantitative and qualitative data from UDST business units in a timely, effective and efficient manner.
  • Collects, uses, and disseminates data to improve student success measures including retention, persistence, graduation, transfer.
  • Researches into Labor Market Analyses in support of new and existing academic programs.
  • Acts as a focal point in providing in-depth reporting on institutional activities to external stakeholders.
  • Supports business units’ initiatives with timely and relevant data and research.
• Quality Assurance
  • Designs and oversees the implementation of UDST’s Quality Assurance activities to ensure all business units processes, and procedures adhere to UDST bylaws and standards.
  • Reviews and recommends UDST bylaws, processes and procedures.
  • Undertakes institutional accreditation and certifications activities including developing institutional processes, procedures and supporting documents.
  • Leads the institutional effectiveness assessment activities for UDST, including developing institutional processes, procedures and supporting documents.