Transcript Slide 1

Why Institutional Assessment is
Important for Middle States
Adapted (with permission)
From Andrea Lex, Who Presented at Stockton
September 20, 2010
Facilitated by Bob D’Augustine and Claudine Keenan
10/5 and 10/18/10
What is Accreditation?
• A means of demonstrating compliance with
Federal Title IV regulations in a variety of areas.
• A self- and peer-reviewed means of providing
quality assurance in the areas of
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Student learning and achievement
Curriculum development and support
Faculty
Facilities and equipment
Finance, administration, and governance
Integrity and compliance
The Cycle
• Initial Candidacy (Stockton founding, 1969-1971)
• Full accreditation: 1975
• Re-accreditation alternates these two processes:
– Periodic Review Reports
– Self Study and Visiting Team
• Events from the most recent cycle:
– Self Study 2000-01; Visiting Team 2002
– Periodic Review Report 2007
– Self Study 2010-11; Visiting Team 2012
What is REaccreditation?
• A Focused Process
• A defined time for an entire institution to come
together to examine the “big questions” such as:
– Are we making decisions aligned with our mission?
– Do we have and allocate resources in a fashion that enables
us to meet our mission?
– Do our governance and administrative structures facilitate
the learning process?
– Are student and faculty support structures adequate?
• A PARTICIPATORY process involving
– The Richard Stockton College community
• Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni, Board
– the larger educational community
• Engaged with/by the College and the Middle States Region
How Does it Work Here?
• Planning Committee
– Communicates with Middle States Liaison, plans
timelines, offers assistance to entire community
• Steering Committee
– Guides the efforts of each Work Team, shapes the details
of the overall process
• Work Teams
– Gather evidence from entire community, draft reports
for the Self Study
• http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?site
ID=203&pageID=19
What is a Self Study?
A dynamic document
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Bridges of communication and cooperation
A greater awareness
A renewed commitment
A clarification of why we are a part of The
Richard Stockton College
• A glimpse of where we and the College would
like to be
The Standards
• “Characteristics of Excellence”
– “Middle States’ accreditation is an expression of confidence in an
institution’s mission and goals, its performance, and its
resources.” --- Characteristics
– The articulation of the qualities, behaviors, support structures,
and outcomes that the member institutions of the of the Middle
States Commission on Higher Education believe must be
demonstrated by an accredited post-secondary institution.
• are intended be viewed as an interrelated whole
• emphasize functions rather than structures
• may not necessarily apply fully to all institutions
• may be grouped when engaging in self-study.
Our Research Questions
• Provide Structure and Focus, Based on the Standards:
– 1,4,6: Mission and Goals; Leadership and Governance;
Integrity
– 2,3,5: Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional
Renewal; Institutional Resources; Administration
– 7: Institutional Assessment
– 8,9: Student Admissions and Retention; Student Support
Services;
– 11, 12, 13: Educational Offerings; General Education;
related Educational Activities
– 10: Faculty
– 14: Assessment of Student Learning
http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/page.cfm?siteID=203&pageID=16
Close-up on Standards 7 & 14
Institutional
Effectiveness
(Institutional
Assessment)
Educational
Effectiveness
(Assessment of
Student Learning)
The Richard
Stockton College
of New Jersey
Institutional Effectiveness
(Standard 7: Institutional Assessment)
Standards 1 through 6
•Mission
•Planning
•Resource Allocation
•Leadership
•Governance
•Administration
•Integrity
Educational Effectiveness
(Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning)
Standards 8 through 13
•Admissions & Retention
•Student Support Services
•Faculty
•Educational Offerings
•General Education
•Related Educational
Activities
Fundamental (lens) Elements
Standard 14
Assessment of Student Learning
Standard 7
Institutional Effectiveness
• Articulated expectations for
student learning
• Written institutional strategic
plan(s)
• Documented, organized, and
sustained assessment processes
• Documented, organized, and
sustained assessment processes
• Evidence that student learning
assessment information is shared
& used to improve teaching and
learning
• Evidence that assessment results
are shared & used in institutional
planning, resource allocation and
renewal
• Documented use of student
• Evidence that institutional
learning assessment information as
assessment findings are used to
part of
success
improve student success
Fundamental (lens) Elements
Standard 14
Assessment of Student Learning
Standard 7
Institutional Effectiveness
• Articulated expectations for
student learning
• Written institutional strategic
plan(s)
• Documented, organized, and
sustained assessment processes
• Documented, organized, and
sustained assessment processes
• Evidence that student learning
assessment information is shared
& used to improve teaching and
learning
• Evidence that assessment results
are shared & used in institutional
planning, resource allocation and
renewal
• Documented use of student
• Evidence that institutional
learning assessment information as
assessment findings are used to
part of
success
improve student success
Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness
•Mission & Goals
•Planning, Resource Allocation
•Institutional Resources
•Leadership & Governance
•Administration
•Integrity
Educational
Effectiveness
•Admissions & Retention
•Student Support Services
•Faculty
•Educational Offerings
•General Education
•Related Educational
Activities
•Assessment of Student
Learning
Standards 1 & 2: Mission & Planning
Mission
– clearly defines purpose within the context of higher
education,
– indicates who the institution serves,
– and what it intends to accomplish.
Planning
– An institution conducts ongoing planning and resource
allocation based on its mission and goals,
– develops objectives to achieve them,
– and utilizes the results of its assessment activities for
institutional renewal.
– Implementation and subsequent evaluation of the success
of the strategic plan and resource allocation
– support the development and change necessary to improve
and to maintain quality.
Assessment
Plan
Resource
Allocation
Goals
Strategies
Otherwise …
Wants
Pressures
Terrific Ideas
The Balanced Scorecard Cycle
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Case Study
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Read Assessment at Parnassus University
Discuss with a partner or trio
Refer to Standards 7 and 14
Consider the List of Actions
Work with a partner or trio to analyze the
case and recommend an action
• Share recommendations with the group