Jeopardy Sandburg Accreditation Assessment Strategic Plan Guess Who? 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER: This is the percentage we want to increase graduation/transfer rates to by the end of FY18. QUESTION: What is 55%?

ANSWER: To provide all students with opportunities for success. Sandburg 100 ANSWER: To provide all students with opportunities for success. QUESTION: What is the mission statement?

Sandburg 200 ANSWER: Where dreams come to life, and lives come to change. QUESTION: What is the vision statement?

Sandburg 300 ANSWER: Excellence, Collaboration, Integrity, Respect QUESTION: What are the core values?

Sandburg 400 ANSWER: The son of Swedish immigrant parents who grew up to be a poet, Lincoln biographer and received 2 Pulitzer Prices. QUESTION: Who is Carl Sandburg?

Sandburg 500 QUESTION: What is Carl Sandburg College? ANSWER: Established by authority of the Illinois Community College Act of 1965 and was approved by voters in a September 1966 referendum. One year later, in September 1967, classes began at various locations in Galesburg, including the former Brown's Business College and the Central Congregational Church. Enrollment was approximately 350 students. QUESTION: What is Carl Sandburg College?

Accreditation 100 ANSWER: This is our institutional accreditor. QUESTION: What is the Higher Learning Commission?

QUESTION: What is Open Pathways? Accreditation 200 ANSWER: This is the program that Sandburg will go through to maintain our accreditation. QUESTION: What is Open Pathways?

ANSWER: This is the year that our accreditation visit will take place. QUESTION: What is 2020?

QUESTION: What is the Quality Initiative? Accreditation 400 ANSWER: Open Pathway requires an institution to designate one major improvement effort it has undertaken. QUESTION: What is the Quality Initiative?

QUESTION: What is the assurance review? Accreditation 500 ANSWER: This is the written document that is given to the HLC reviewers explaining how we are in compliance with the criterion. QUESTION: What is the assurance review?

QUESTION: What is Institutional Effectiveness? Assessment 100 ANSWER: The department that is responsible for leading our accreditation and assessment efforts. QUESTION: What is Institutional Effectiveness?

QUESTION: What are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)? Assessment 200 ANSWER: The goals that each department has to improve and are included in the strategic plan. QUESTION: What are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

ANSWER: Using this will help us make better decisions. Assessment 300 ANSWER: Using this will help us make better decisions. QUESTION: What is data?

Assessment 400 ANSWER: The frequency that we review our KPIs. QUESTION: What is at 6 months and annually?

QUESTION: What is assessment? ANSWER: In education, this term refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition of students. QUESTION: What is assessment?

ANSWER: The years our current strategic plan is in place. QUESTION: What is 2015 - 2018?

QUESTION: What is a SWOT analysis? Strategic Plan 200 ANSWER: This analysis reveals the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for the college. QUESTION: What is a SWOT analysis?

Strategic Plan 300 ANSWER: All departmental KPIs should be aligned with these. QUESTION: What are the Institutional KPIs?

QUESTION: What are the four focus areas for KPIs? Strategic Plan 400 ANSWER: Student Access and Success, Teaching and Learning, Community Alliances and Operational Sustainability and Excellence QUESTION: What are the four focus areas for KPIs?

QUESTION: What is the strategic planning process? ANSWER: Includes an environmental scan, SWOT analysis with the entire college community, a review of the mission statement and current focal points and goals, and a determination of core values. QUESTION: What is the strategic planning process?

Guess Who? 100 ANSWER: Carl Sandburg College’s first president QUESTION: Who is Eltis Henson?

Guess Who? 200 ANSWER: The gym is named after this person. QUESTION: Who is John M. Lewis?

Guess Who? 300 ANSWER: This person is our college historian. QUESTION: Who is Fred Visel?

ANSWER: The number of Carl Sandburg College Board of Trustee members. Guess Who? 400 ANSWER: The number of Carl Sandburg College Board of Trustee members. QUESTION: What is 8?

ANSWER: The B building is named after him. QUESTION: Who is Don Crist? Guess Who? 500 ANSWER: The B building is named after him. QUESTION: Who is Don Crist?