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- Colleges & Universities
- Benchmark Institutions/Comparison Data
- Coordinating Board, SACS, & Other Higher Education
- Higher Education Planning & Assessment
- Population & Census Data
- Texas Government
- IR-Related
- Other
Below are various links grouped according to subject/organization. We will add links periodically, so be sure to check this page again in the future. Likewise, if you know of a school, organization, entity, or web site/web page to which you think we should provide a link, let us know. Please keep in mind that many of the sites listed below are a springboard to even more web links that are education, community college, or IR related, so if you have a penchant for web surfing, this is a good place to start.
College & University Links
- Victoria College Home Page
- University of Houston-Victoria
- Coastal Bend Community College (formerly Bee County College)
- Wharton County Junior College
For more college links, check out the following pages:
From THECB (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board), you can link to various institutions within the state of Texas:
Public Institutions
Public Universities
Public Community Colleges
Public Health Related Institutions
Multi-Institution Teaching Centers
Public Technical Colleges
Public State Colleges
Independent Institutions
Independent Senior Colleges & Universities
Independent Junior Colleges
Independent Health Related Institutions
To learn more about colleges and universities in the immediate South Texas area, check out the STCIR web page (South Texas Consortium for Institutional Research), maintained by Victoria College's IRP department. Through that page you can link to home pages and IR pages of public and private colleges and universities in the South Texas Region.
Benchmark Institutions/Comparison Data
The following Coordinating Board reports contain very good college-level and program-level comparisons for all Community and Technical Colleges in Texas.
NOTE: For those documents designated as PDF, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them (in some cases, version 4.0 or 5.0). If you don't have the reader, or if you have an older version that is insufficient to view the files, you can download the latest version of the Reader FREE by clicking here.
Institutional Effectiveness
- Annual Data Profile *
- Automated Student and Adult Learner Follow-up Survey (ASALFS)
- College Profiles *
- Program Profiles *
- Statewide Fact Book *
- Student Migration Report *
Data Resources for Perkins Grants
- Data Resources for Perkins Measures and Standards - District-Level Measures in PDF
- Data Resources for Perkins Measures and Standards - Program-Level Measures in PDF
Also of interest
- Statewide Licensure Report in PDF
- Statewide Baccalaureate Graduation Rates
- THECB Statistical Report 2000
- Data Resources for LBB Performance Measures *
- Report on Retention and Graduation
*This HTML page will allow you to view various PDF files.
Benchmark/Peer Institutions
(as determined by the VC Institutional Research & Planning Office and the Planning & Assessment Committee in April 2001)
Please also see the Benchmark Institutions/Comparison Data Report (as previewed in the Spring 2001 issue of Strategic Insight).
Those in Bold indicate the nine (9) most closely matched peer institutions out of the 18 reviewed.
- Alvin Community College (Alvin)
- Angelina College (Lufkin)
- Brazosport College (Lake Jackson)
- Coastal Bend Community College (Beeville)
- College of the Mainland (Texas City)
- Grayson County College (Denison)
- Kilgore College (Kilgore)
- Midland College (Midland)
- Navarro College (Corsicana)
- North Central Texas College (Gainesville)
- Odessa College (Odessa)
- Paris Junior College (Paris)
- Southwest Texas Junior College (Uvalde)
- Temple College (Temple)
- Texarkana College (Texarkana)
- Trinity Valley Community College (Athens)
- Victoria College
- Wharton County Junior College (Wharton)
Coordinating Board, SACS, & Other Higher Education Related Links
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has a wealth of information on its web site. Below are selected web pages of particular interest:
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THECB - Annual Data Profile (statewide and for each college) Updated Link!
THECB - Community and Technical Colleges
THECB - Data & Statistics Portal Updated Link!
Here are other state, regional, or national web sites devoted to higher education information:
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American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Commission on Colleges (SACS/COC)
COC's "Criteria for Accreditation" Updated Link!
American Association of Higher Education (AAHE)
American Council on Education (ACE)
American Education Research Association (AERA)
Chronicle of Higher Education
Eric Clearinghouse for Community Colleges (ERIC)
Eric Clearinghouse on Higher Education (ERIC)
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU)
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
League for Innovation in the Community College
(Be Careful! Once you click onto this site, the "back" button might not return you to the previous page.)
Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education (NCPPHE)
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC)
An information resource for matters relating to the community colleges of Texas
Texas State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC)
Texas labor market information and student follow-up data
The Victoria College's Regional Accreditation Commission:
Higher Education Planning & Assessment Links
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9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning (from AAHE)
American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Assessment Forum
Classroom Assessment Techniques (from Honolulu Community College)
Classroom Assessment Techniques (from Eastern New Mexico University)
Classroom Assessment Techniques (from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment (North Carolina State University)
The California State University System web site "Learning Outcomes for Sample Campus Academic Degree Programs" is also worth bookmarking and visiting. This is a good source of course objectives/assessment ideas for all of our general education academic subject areas.
An example closer to home is at Southwest Texas State University. See how they use the web to document academic assessment activities and read their success stories> SWT Academic Assessment.
The Texas A&M University System's "The Integrative Plan - Promise for a New Century"is an excellent example of a higher education strategic plan.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a rather large PDF file and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or 5.0 in order to read it.
Population Demographics, Projections, and Census Data Links (including Census 2000 data)
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Texas State Data Center (Texas state, county, and city data) Updated Link!
(NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or higher to properly view some of their documents)
US Census Bureau (national, state, and county data)
USA Today Census 2000 (national, state, and county data, with colorful interactive maps) New Link!
USA Today's Interactive Map of Census 2000 Data for Texas
Texas State Government Links
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Legislative Budget Board (LBB)
Texas Comptroller - Window on State Government
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Texas State Auditor's Office (SAO)
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
Institutional Research Related Links
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Association for Institutional Research (AIR) or try this alternate web address
AIR also has a site dedicated to internet resources for institutional research (i.e., ERIC, IPEDS, NCES, etc.)
Southern Association for Community College Research (SACCR)
Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR)
Texas A&M University-Kingsville has an impressive list of links to Institutional Research Office homepages (nationwide)
Texas Association for Institutional Research (TAIR)
(click on "Links to Texas Colleges & Universities IR Web Pages")
Society for College & University Planning (SCUP)
South Texas Consortium for Institutional Research (STCIR)
Texas Gulf Coast Association for Institutional Research (TGCAIR)
Other Links of Interest (Local, State, Regional, National, or Miscellaneous)
National:
Local/Regional:
Miscellaneous:
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Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA)
- "The Statistical Assessment Service examines the way that scientific, quantitative, and social research
are presented by the media, and works with journalists to help them convey this material more accurately
and effectively." - Sallie Mae supports access to education. They are the nation's largest student loan guarantor and
administrator, and they provide consulting services to help colleges and universities recruit and retain
students. In addition, they publish several interesting and insightful reports every year.
Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)
Know of a Web site we've missed? Know of a URL change to one of the above links?
Please let us know: contact PIA Executive Director or Webmaster
The majority of links listed above were tested and verified as active on January 31, 2000, while some were updated May 1, 2001.
If you try a link and it is no longer active, please let us know, and we will correct it. Thank you.