Robert Pacheco, Ed.D.
Dr. Pacheco is the Dean of Institutional Effectiveness at MiraCosta College, leading integrated and strategic planning efforts at the institution and acting as the college’s accreditation liaison officer. In addition, Bob is a Board Member of the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) and serves on the advisory board to the National Community
College Benchmarking Project (NCCBP). He is a member of the California Community College
Chancellor’s Office Task Force on the accountability Scorecard. As Assessment Chair of the
Research and Planning Group, Bob conducts workshops on assessment methods and analysis, moderates a national learning outcomes assessment listserv and serves as a contributing author on assessment in the monthly journal, Perspectives . Bob has presented sessions on assessment and accreditation topics with the staff of the WASC Senior Commission for Colleges and
Universities and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Dr. Pacheco has mentored over 40 institutions in their development and implementation of institutional-wide assessment practices and the use of evidenced-based decision making. Previously, as a tenured faculty member, he was an academic senator, curriculum and matriculation committee member, and served on the California Statewide Academic Senate Committee on SLOs and Accreditation.
Bob is an adjunct instructor in the doctoral program in educational leadership at CSU-Fullerton where he teaches research and planning and serves on candidate dissertation committees. Bob is also a presenter with the Wiley Learning Institute.