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Institutional Research

College & Regional Data

Cathy Smith-Cox, Institutional Research & Assessment

Tazewell Hall, Room T-340
276-964-7338, cathy.smith-cox@sw.edu

institutional research info

Welcome to Southwest Virginia Community College’s Institutional Effectiveness Data Center.  Measuring institutional effectiveness is the purview of the College’s Institutional Research and Assessment office. The Institutional Research Office is the College’s reporting hub, providing accurate reports and data to both internal and external constituencies.  The paradigm that denotes the cycle used by Southwest to ensure institutional effectiveness and the basis for this plan is graphically represented below.

PLANNING

ACCREDITATION

Institutional

Programmatic Accreditation

State Agency Programmatic Approval

INSTITUTIONAL DATA

Assessment

Student Achievement and Institutional Effectiveness

General Education Competency Assessment

EMPLOYMENT/OCCUPATIONAL DATA

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

HEALTH INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Students and prospective students may find the information resources of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) of use in planning for college and careers. SCHEV has created an institutional profile for each Virginia public college and university and for each independent college or university participating in the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Our profile is available at http://research.schev.edu/iprofile.asp?UID=233648

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All Southwest locations are closed for Winter Break from December 23, 2024, to January 1, 2025.

Calendars

All locations closing at 12:45 PM on Fri, Dec 20, due to inclement weather. Remaining day & night classes are cancelled. Classes & games are also canceled Sat, Dec 21 and Sun, Dec 22.

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