The Coastline Department of Institutional Effectiveness supports the planning and decision-making efforts throughout the college by providing data, analytics, and information for managing and maintaining the quality and effectiveness and encouraging continuous improvement of academic programs, academic and student support services, and administrative services.
The department also provides information that is mandated by external accrediting agencies and legislative bodies and serves as a primary source for information on institutional effectiveness at Coastline College.
The Department of Institutional Effectiveness has adopted, adapted, and affirms the following overarching principles from the Association of Institutional Research (AIR) regarding the use of data to facilitate insights and improve decision making. These principles guide us as we promote the use of data, analytics, information, and evidence to improve student success and institutional effectiveness.
We act with integrity:
The Research & Ethics Review Board (RERB) reviews research projects that involve human participants to uphold two broad standards: first, that participants are not placed at undue risk; second, that they give uncoerced, informed consent to their participation.
With representation from a wide range of disciplines and from outside the academic community, the RERB gives prompt but individualized attention to the numerous research projects at the university.
If you are interested in conducting research at Coastline College, please submit RERB Review Form and associated documentation (outlined in the RERB Form) to Dr. Aeron Zentner at azentner@coastline.edu.
For more information contact the Coastline College Department of Institutional Effectiveness by e-mail. Contacts are listed below:
Institutional Effectiveness