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“Quality Without Compromise”
Where’s the Quality at PVAMU?
Reaffirmation of SACS Accreditation:
Our Time to Tell and Show
Presented at the
2008 Faculty and Staff Conference
August 21-22, 2008
Houston Marriott Westchase
Presented by
Dr. E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith,
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Michael L. McFrazier,
Associate Provost and Associate
Vice President for Academic Affairs
When You Wish To Instruct, Be Brief,
That Men’s Minds Take In Quickly What
You Say, Learn Lessons, And Retain
Lessons Faithfully. Every Word That Is
Unnecessary Only Pours Over The Side
Of The Brimming Mind.
Cicero
MISSION POSSIBLE
PVAMU: IT ALL BEGAN THEN ,CONTINUES
NOW AND GOES BEYOND WITH MISSION
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TEACHING, RESEARCH, SERVICE
1890 Land Grant University
Target Population: Unserved and Underserved
Level V (four doctoral programs) Institution
One of Texas’ Three “Institutions of the first
class”
PVAMU Vision
• A sustained commitment to educate for
professional practice and meaningful societal
participation, students of diverse backgrounds,
many of whom are first generation college
students, from educationally and economically
unserved and underserved families. Traditional
and honors programs as well as graduate study
through the doctorate will be the conduits to
achieving the mission.
PVAMU Vision
A heightened commitment to service by providing the
mechanism through which persons whose educational
promise and career aspirations make them eligible
candidates for leadership development through, a
service learning and community outreach agenda. An
expanded commitment to a research agenda that
includes the creation, dissemination and assessment of
new knowledge and practice in the basic and applied
fields of agriculture, architecture, business, education,
engineering, environmental science, food science,
juvenile justice, nursing as well as selected focus areas
in the human, natural, and social sciences
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS
2005-2010
1. Strengthen the Quality of Academic Programs
(TEACHING/LEARNING)
2. Promote Programs that Contribute to Student
Success (TEACHING/LEARNING)
3. Increase Applied and Basic Research
(RESEARCH/DISCOVERY)
4. Improve the Academic Indicators of the Student
Body (SERVICE/ENGAGEMENT
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS
5. Strengthen University Advancement Programs,
including fund-raising.
(SERVICE/ENGAGEMENT)
6. Increase and Enhance the Visibility and
Awareness of the University to the Community at
Large/all Stakeholders.
(SERVICE/ENGAGEMENT)
7. Strengthen Environmental Health and Safety
Programs on the Campus (MANAGEMENT)
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS
8. Achieve (and maintain) Financial Stability
(MANAGEMENT)
9. Increase the Efficiency of University Operations
(MANAGEMENT)
10. Strengthen the Quality of the Athletic Program
What Is Quality?
• The perception of
‘quality’ is almost
impossible to
define.
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACTORS:
QUALITY PROMOTERS
• Trend Toward Building a More Positive
Institutional Image
• Consistent Rise of Alumni to Places of
Distinction and Prominence
• Maintenance of Accreditation in 85% of
Programs for Which Accreditation Available
• Strengthening of Academic Program
Infrastructure
The University’s Vision for Graduates
Educate to Produce
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Expert professional practitioners
Informed, involved societal change agents
Committed community leaders
Subcribers to and purveyors of the institution’s
core values
Steady Is The Way
Feel the Fire
WHERE QUALITY IS
CHALLENGED: IMPACTORS
• Why an HBCU in 2008?
• Why invest good money into students who
need remediation?
• Why not invest more money in the
academically talented student?
• Why should students attend PVAMU which
has fewer bells and whistles than many larger,
better advanced universities?
WHERE QUALITY IS
CHALLENGED: IMPACTORS
• What is unique about the PVAMU
Experience?
• Education! Sounds good but financial aid
sounds better. Right?
WHERE QUALITY IS
CHALLENGED: IMPACTORS
• Won’t just having been at PVAMU ten
years or longer keep me there?
• Would PVAMU change if it won football
and basketball national championships
back –to-back?
QUALITY: TELL AND SHOW
THE SACS-COC WAY
• SACS- COC Overview
• Accreditation in the United States is a voluntary
and self-regulatory mechanism of the higher
education community.
• It plays a significant role in fostering public
confidence in the educational enterprise, in
maintaining standards, in enhancing
institutional effectiveness, and in improving
higher education.
QUALITY: TELL AND SHOW
THE SACS-COC WAY
• Accreditation provides the basis on which all
publics can be assured that academic
institutions have complied with a common set
of requirements and standards.
• More information can be found at the
COC:SACS Web-site
http://www.sacs.org/
PVAMU Accreditation Status
• In 1934 Prairie View Normal and Industrial
College was first approved for membership in
the Commission on Colleges
• Since its accreditation through the self-study
process in 1959, Prairie View A&M
University has maintained accreditation
through the COC:SACS reaffirmation
process.
PVAMU Accreditation Status
• 2010 PVAMU will reaffirm its regional
accreditation under the new principles (no
more “must” statements)
• The process will involve everyone:
– Students
– Faculty
– Staff
– Administrators
– Alumni
– Community/Corporate and Educational Agencies
Process for Institutions Seeking
Reaffirmation of Accreditation.
Compliance Certification
• Compliance Certification (Due Sept. 10, 2009)
– The Compliance Certification, submitted
approximately fifteen months in advance of an
institution’s reaffirmation, is to demonstrate its
judgment of the extent of its compliance with
Institutional Integrity, Core Requirements,
Comprehensive Standards, and Federal
Requirements.
CONFERENCE FOCUS
• CORE REQUIREMENTS( an institution has to meet
all Core Requirements)
• 2.5 Planning
• 2.12 Quality Enhancement Plan
– Strategies: Plenary Presentations
– Stakeholders Workshop Sessions
Quality Enhancement Plan
(Comprehensive Standard 2.12)
• Quality Enhancement Plan (Due: Jan. 25, 2010)
– The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), submitted
four to six weeks in advance of the on-site review by
the Commission, is a document developed by the
institution that:
• (1) includes a broad-based institutional process
identifying key issues emerging from institutional
assessment,
• (2) focuses on learning outcomes and/or the
environment supporting student learning and
accomplishing the mission of the institution,
Quality Enhancement Plan
• (3) demonstrates institutional capability for the
initiation, implementation, and completion of
the QEP,
• (4) includes broadbased involvement of
institutional constituencies in the development
and proposed implementation of the QEP, and
• (5) identifies goals and a plan to assess their
achievement.
Quality Enhancement Plan
– The QEP should be focused and succinct (no more
than seventy-five pages of narrative text and no
more than twenty-five pages of supporting
documentation or charts, graphs, and tables).
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
Spring – Summer 2008
• Fully implemented True Outcomes, an
electronic assessment system
• Conducted Pre-Audit of Faculty Credentials
• President , Provost, Associate Provost, VP
Business Affairs, Math Professor (Foster)
completed required orientation at SACS-COC
in Atlanta
• Set up SACS-COC project headquarters –
Juvenile Justice and Psychology Bldg.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
Spring – Summer 2008
• Developed Organizational Structure
• Established Compliance Certification
Committees
• Systematized Institutional Assessment Data
Analysis
• Administered Assessment Instruments to
Freshmen as Scheduled in the Assessment Plan
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
Fall 2008
• Continue to analyze data from stakeholders
(alumni, faculty, staff, students, employers of graduates)
• Intensify training on True Outcomes
• Ensure all Student Learning Outcomes for all
courses on syllabi
• Review and update all assessment plans for
academic and support units
• Complete Draft of the Compliance
Certification
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
Spring – Summer 2008
• Repeat student-led town hall meetings begun
Spring 2008
• Complete Strategic Plan within TAMUS
Guidelines
• Commit to QEP Focus
• Activate Refinement of QEP Concept
• Draft QEP Plan
Celebration Time…Come on!