OIE

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves to advance UTMB's mission, vision and effectiveness by facilitating institutional accreditation, coordinating ongoing programmatic assessment, and reporting key academic performance metrics to federal, state, and professional organizations.  

What we do:

  • Facilitating institutional accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and encouraging ongoing compliance with SACSCOC principles of accreditation
  • Coordinating ongoing assessment of educational programs and the university’s quality enhancement plan (QEP)
  • Providing support for program level accreditation and discipline specific accrediting bodies
  • Reporting key academic performance metrics to federal, state, and professional organizations
  • Providing process expertise in the approval of new academic programs and substantial changes to existing programs
  • Conducting general institutional research and data analysis

Contact Information

Administration Building, 5th Floor

301 University Boulevard | Galveston, TX 77555-0142

E: Institutional.Effectiveness@utmb.edu

P: (409) 747-9084

Our Team

John C. McKee, PhD

Associate Vice President
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Assistant Professor
Preventive Medicine and Community Health
School of Medicine
SACSCOC Liaison
Phone: (409) 747-9081
Email: jcmckee@utmb.edu
Ushani De Abrew, MBA

Assistant Director, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone: (409) 747-9082
Email: ukdeabre@utmb.edu
Colin Lamb, BA

Institutional Effectiveness Analyst,
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone: (409) 747-9084
Email: ctlamb@utmb.edu