The research team within the Institutional Effectiveness, Success, and Equity (IESE) Office provides information to enable data-driven decisions that support student
success and equity. This transparent availability of information helps decision-makers
at all levels (including, but not limited to students, faculty members, classified
professionals, and administrators) identify practices and processes that effectively
enhance the holistic student experience for our diverse student community. Our work
is intentionally inclusive and focused on increasing the accessibility and timely
use of data to continuously improve student outcomes. In addition, we are committed
to enhancing the Cuyamaca College mission by being innovative and integrated with other institutional departments.
The Institutional Research team closely coordinates with the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (GCCCD) Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness (RPIE) Office to effectively fulfill the College's research and data needs.
Click here to view our district-wide interactive dashboard that highlights the demographics and characteristics of the students we serve each semester.
Click here to view our interactive dashboards that highlight equity gaps in our success rates at the discipline and course levels.
Click here to view our interactive dashboards that include information about the certificates and degrees awarded at Cuyamaca College over the past five years
Click here to explore our Report and Dashboard Finder, which includes publicly available reports and dashboards from the following sources: The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO), the California State University (CSU) system, the University of California (UC) system, and the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (GCCCD).
The CCCCO Data Mart is a database of many college metrics for each college in the state for each academic year. These include demographic data on faculty, staff, and students, student service metrics, courses/sections offered, students success, transfer and wages.
The CCCCO provides data for each of the five SEP metrics: Enrollment, Throughput, Persistence, Completion, and Transfer. Click here to explore the data for Cuyamaca College's 2022-2025 Student Equity Plan.
RPIE updates GCCCD's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Click on a link below to interact with the visualizations in each of the five sections.
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To guide the College's data use, stewardship, and research as a whole, the Institutional Effectiveness Council (IEC) developed Cuyamaca College Research Guidelines. Please review these guidelines before submitting a request for research or conducting a survey of students on campus. If you have any questions, please contact Bri Hays, Senior Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, Success, and Equity, at brianna.hays@gcccd.edu.
The IESE Office serves as the campus liaison to the District RPIE Office. We strive to serve the entire campus community through collaborative research and inquiry. In partnership with the District RPIE Office and our campus practitioners, we manage several concurrent projects at any given time. The research projects that are most highly prioritized are those that are central to core college processes and initiatives, such as accreditation, program review and integrated planning, strategic planning, statewide programs and initiatives, and grant project evaluation. Ad hoc requests are prioritized based on factors such as external deadlines, relevance to the College’s strategic plan, and intended utilization of research results. To initiate an ad hoc research request, please complete the Cuyamaca College Research Request form. The IESE Office will review and prioritize ad hoc requests on a monthly basis in collaboration with the College’s Institutional Effectiveness Council and/or the RPIE Office.
If you are a doctoral or master's student interested in initiating an external research request, please review Research and Ethics Review Committee guidelines and complete Cuyamaca College External Research Request Form.