Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation

Institutional Effectiveness

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Collegewide Committee Responsibilities

Phase I

  • Collaborate with the College’s Mission and Vision Engagement Process in Spring and Summer 2010
  • Identify professional development needs for the committee members
  • Select an institutional effectiveness model
  • Develop a timeline for the College’s institutional effectiveness activities
  • Determine the units/programs within each institutional effectiveness area
  • Develop a collegewide institutional effectiveness manual
  • Develop unit/program institutional effectiveness plan template and rubric
  • Identify institutional effectiveness Web-based system (tasked to Ad Hoc Committee)

Phase II

  • Provide guidance to the institutional effectiveness subcommittees (such as student learning outcomes, administrative, etc.)
  • Conduct an inventory of existing institutional effectiveness activities, reports, and contacts
  • Develop an employee awareness campaign
  • Identify and respond to professional development needs of College employees at the department/program leadership level and at the department member level for implementation of the institutional effectiveness process
  • Oversee implementation of institutional effectiveness Web-based system

Phase III

  • Ensure clear linkages are established between College mission and goals; unit/program mission, goals and plans; and allocation of resources
  • Ensure full implementation of institutional effectiveness cycle across the College, within all units and programs
  • Ensure that goals and outcomes are assessed to determine the degree to which they are achieved
  • Ensure that procedures are established for monitoring progress and implementing appropriate modification within the institutional effectiveness cycle
  • Ensure that annual unit/program reports are reviewed and feedback is used to improve the unit or program
  • Provide mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness of the institutional effectiveness process, system, and resources
  • Provide overall report to senior management at least once per year.