Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness
Supporting data-informed decision-making, strategic planning, and continuous improvement to foster student success and institutional growth.
Our Mission
The mission of ORPIE is to provide Mission College faculty, classified professionals, and administration with high-quality, accessible data to inform planning decisions, enhance student learning outcomes, and support institutional effectiveness. By utilizing comprehensive data analysis, we aim to create an environment where evidence-based decisions lead to improved educational outcomes and organizational efficiency.
Prioritization of Research Requests
To ensure that we meet the most critical needs of the campus community, research requests are prioritized according to the following guidelines:
- Internal requests (from Mission College and WVMCCD) are given higher priority than requests from external sources.
- Projects related to state and federal requirements are prioritized.
- Educational success and curriculum improvement projects are given top consideration.
- President or Chancellor-assigned projects take precedence.
- Projects tied to external funding and strategic initiatives are prioritized.
- Research linked to college planning activities are handled with urgency.
By adhering to these prioritization guidelines, we ensure that our resources are aligned with the college’s most pressing strategic goals.
- California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office DataMart – Official website for the Chancellor’s Office, the DataMart includes essential tables
utilizing data from MIS reporting.
- CalPASS Plus – Official website for the state partnership between K-12 and the community colleges. You will need to request a login for this.
- LaunchBoard: statewide data system that provides data on progress, success, employment, and earnings outcomes for CA community college students, including:
- Student Success metrics
- Guided Pathways
- Community College Pipeline
- Adult Education Pipeline
- Strong Workforce Programs
- K-14 CTE Transitions
- Data - California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Official website for the Chancellor's Office data resources including:
- Data on Demand
- Student Centered Funding Formula Dashboard
- Transfer Level Gateway Completion Dashboard
- Salary Surfer and more!
- CTE Outcomes Survey - Information collected by Sana Rosa Junior College to assess employment outcomes for students participating in career technical education coursework at the California Community Colleges
- MIS Data Element Dictionary - Describes the specifications and codes tied the Management Information System (MIS)
CSU and UC Data Resources
- UC enrollments by source school - Number of CA Community College students transferring to UC Campuses disaggregated by Community College
- UC Transfers by Major - Number of transfers from CA Community Colleges disaggregated by campus, major, and year.
- UC Admissions by source school - Number of Applications/Admissions from CA Community Colleges disaggregated by ethnicity, gender, and GPA
- CSU data dashboards -These dashboards provide data about applications and enrollment, graduation and student success, labor market outcomes, and teaching credentials.
- CSU Community College Partnership - Graphical view of the journey students take transferring from Community College to CSUs
- CSU reports and analytics - For summary enrollment, retention and graduation and graduate earnings information, view our dashboards. Student enrollment and completion data is also available as Excel workbooks.
Other Important Data Resources
- DataQuest - California Department of Education-K-12 Demographic Data: The source of performance and demographic information about the K-12 system. Information is available at state, county, district, and school levels.
- College Scorecard - Search and compare colleges: their fields of study, costs, admissions, results, and more.
- Research and Planning Group (The RP Group) - provides leadership in research, analysis, and planning issues for the California Community Colleges. The RP Group provides news, assistance, resources, and networking opportunities for researchers.
- Silicon Valley Indicators: Comprehensive information and data about the economic and community health of Silicon Valley
- U.S. Census Bureau - An encyclopedic source of economic, demographic, and geographic data at the local, county, state, and national levels
- LMI Data- This site has a wide variety of labor market and economic data which covers many important labor market subject areas such as, unemployment and labor force, economic indicators, industries, occupations, wages, employment projections etc.
- U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard - Search, download and compare data on fields of study, costs, graduation, retention, campus diversity, test scores & acceptance, student completion, debt and repayment, earnings, and more.
Student Achievement Data Reports
The mission of the Office of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness (ORPIE)
at Mission College is to provide access to high quality data to members of the campus
community to help make data-informed decisions to support planing decisions, improve
student learning outcomes, and promote institutional effectiveness.
- Associate Degree by Age
- Associate Degree by Ethnicity
- Associate Degree by Gender
- Certificates by Age
- Certificates by Ethnicity
- Certificates by Gender
- Course Success by Age
- Enrollment and Course Success Rates by Age
- Enrollment and Course Success Rates by Ethnicity
- Enrollment and Course Success Rates by Gender
- Transfer by Age
- Transfer by Ethnicity
- Transfer by Gender
Contact Us
Alfred Gallegos
Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
(408) 855-5255
Thanh Do
Senior Info Tech Analyst
(408) 855-5171
Jamille Featherstone
Research Analyst
Prachi Samant
Research Analyst
Visit Us
Questions? We are here to support you!
Visit the Office of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness in the Student Engagement Center (SEC), Office 332.