Institutional Effectiveness Operational Update

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Institutional Effectiveness Operational Update

• Presentation made to the
• Indiana State University
• Board of Trustees
• October 5, 2001

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Learning Community

• A learning community is an environment in which
  faculty, staff, administration, come together to
  put student learning first.
• Institutional Effectiveness is a characteristic
  of learning communities. By continually engaging
  in planning, analyzing and acting on performance
  data, an institution can focus its efforts,
  resources, and activities on creating a quality
  learning environment for students.

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Institutional Effectiveness Cycle
Strategic Goals Initiatives Document
Implementation
Identify Issues
Evaluate Assess
Monitor Progress
Conceptualize Planning
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Institutional Effectiveness Implementation
2001-2002 Overview
Aug/Sept.
Oct.
Nov-Dec.
President announced vision
Align Vision
Assessment
Benchmark Set Goals
Details in the Fall Address
January 3031 Retreat
Review Fall Prepare Spring
Feb/March
April/May
July
Plan, Set Targets, Budget
Annual Reporting
Leadership Meetings to Review, Assess, and plan
for 2002-03.
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Institutional Effectiveness Implementation The
Particulars
Academic Units

• OCT Aligning Vision
• Write a Vision Statement of where department will
  be in five years.
• Identify 3 attributes/programs/activities of
  quality learning-centered education being
  implemented by peers or state competitors that
  you would like to see in your department
• What evidence will allow you to assess whether
  you have reached your vision and associated
  benchmarks?

Academic Support Units
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Institutional Effectiveness Implementation The
Particulars
NOV DEC Assessment Planning
Student Outcomes Assessment Plans to Close the
Loop Academic Program Array Review Activities?
Academic Units
Academic Support Units
Identify Clients Services Provided Determine
Benchmark Standards Assess Current Status
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Institutional Effectiveness Implementation
Academic Units
JAN
OCT Operationalize Best Public Comprehensive
University Develop Enrollment Vision Consistent
w/ Presidents Vision
NOV/DEC Assess Current Position and Identify
Benchmarks Review Set Benchmarks for enrollment
targets strategies
Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Report to Campus Community at January Retreat
Enrollment Planning Committee
Program Array Review Committee
Recommend criteria and a timetable for full
implementation of reviews
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Mission

• The mission of the Office of Institutional
  Research Effectiveness (OIRE) is to coordinate
  and support effectiveness efforts at the
  University, school,/college, departmental, and
  program level. Each level necessitates
  different types of support, but overall OIRE
  exists to aid in setting goals, facilitate the
  gathering of data and the analytical process, to
  coordinate the provision of accurate and useful
  university data to internal and external
  audiences, and to encourage the use of results to
  improve the universitys ability to provide
  students with a quality learning experience.

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Specifically, the role of the office in
furthering institutional effectiveness at various
levels is to

• University Level- Work collaboratively with
  faculty and staff to set institutional measures
  of progress and then to track and report these in
  an Annual Report to the President.

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School/College level
Provide assistance/consultation as requested to
facilitate setting of goals and/or measures of
progress. Work with School/College to ensure
that relevant university data can be gathered and
delivered to Deans to track progress on goals.
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Academic Departmental Level

• Provide assistance/consultation as requested
  through the offering of seminars to set goals
  and/or measures of progress for departmental
  success. Work to ensure that the Annual
  Reporting process facilitates efficiency in time
  spent on institutional effectiveness issues.

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Academic Program Level

• Serve as an available resource when requested to
  Chairs and/or Academic Affairs. Support efforts
  underway in Academic Affairs to ensure that
  departments are fully engaged in an effectiveness
  cycle.

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University-Wide Program Level
Support for academic programs, such as General
Education and the First Year Program, will be
determined by Academic Affairs and the
availability of resources.
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Vice Presidential Academic Support Level
Provide assistance/consultations as requested to
facilitate setting of goals and/or measures of
progress. Work with VP unit to gather and
deliver university data to VPs.
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Academic Support Unit Level
Lead in developing a system in which departments
state goals that contribute to the mission of the
institution, define measures of progress, and
incorporate formal assessment of goal achievement
into management decision making.
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Goal 1 - Begin moving toward model of
institutional effectiveness
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Goal 2 - Develop more efficient and useful data
systems
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Goal 3 - Support Academic Affairs in Program
Efforts
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Institutional Effectiveness Committee Mission
To aid/advise? In determining policy related to
institutional effectiveness. In Fall
2001-Spring 2002, these include determining
institutional measures and outcomes, recommend
oversight policies and responsbilities, review
policies on sharing of data, review and recommend
on report formats, review and advise data steward
committee and OIRE in developing new gathering
techniques.
Institutional Effectiveness/ Assessment
Reporting Data Management
Institutional Research
Testing
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