It also conducts a comprehensive evaluation approximately once every five years with broad-based community involvement, so as to ensure that the mission continues to address the needs and expectations of its publics, and that the College is succeeding in fulfilling its mission. Responsibility for the coordination of the mission evaluation processes rests with the Office of Research and Planning. There are two levels to program review for instructional programs. Level II is a comprehensive review combining both a quantitative and a qualitative evaluation, conducted every fifth year. Evaluation documents are available through the Office of Human Resources.
Student achievement is the real measure of a college's success.
To this end, Pima Community College has instituted new strategies to enhance existing assessment activities and has developed an action plan to produce and continuously improve a systematic, effective Student Outcomes Assessment Program. Responsibility for coordination of student outcomes assessment activities rests in the Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Development. Under the leadership of College administrators, planning is accomplished through a participatory process including students and employees from all classifications. Formal planning emanates from the College mission, and the processes are decentralized, yet integrated, reflecting the campus-centered organizational structure. Planning activities include annual updating of the College's strategic traveling directions, campus and College strategic plans, and five- year master plans.