IAP Data Support for Academic Program Reviews May 30, 2017
Program Review Support Library Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Co-operative Education & Career Action (CECA) Program Institutional Analysis & Planning (IAP) Equity Office and Academic Integrity Quality Assurance Office
Program Review Support IAP’s role: Provide data for select Self Study tables for undergraduate, graduate, and augmented reviews Provide institutional survey data, coordination, and analysis Meet with programs to review data Provide special data requests
Undergraduate Reviews - Getting started Confirmation of: Contacts Academic plans to be included in the review Special groupings of plans Survey data – Based on confirmed academic plans, IAP will review the survey repository for existing survey results by program
Undergraduate Reviews Data provided by IAP: Course Enrolment Applicant Data Student Registration High School Grades Citizenship of Students Gender of Students Scholarships & Bursaries Retention Degree Information
Special Data Requests Examples: enrolment demographics for specific courses course averages course choices among program majors geographic distribution of applicants Upper level scholarships Subject of Major Interest
Graduate Reviews - Getting started Confirmation/review of: Contacts Faculty members to be included in the review Degrees and plans Subjects and courses offered Survey data – Based on confirmed academic plans, IAP will review the survey repository for existing survey results by program
Graduate reviews Data provided by IAP: Faculty member by field Research funding Teaching Assignments Courses offered Financial Support Enrolment
Data Sources Application, Registration & Enrolment High School Grades Citizenship and Gender Retention Degree Information Scholarships & Bursaries Faculty Members Research Funding Registrar and Office of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs Student Awards and Financial Aid Human Resources Office of Research
Surveys Programs are encouraged to use survey data from our repository to inform their review. Undergraduate surveys: NSSE, CUSC, OUGS [Alumni] Graduate (masters/doctoral) surveys: CGPSS, GPOS [Alumni] (Fall 2017) Data availability is dependent on sample size of the program. If additional surveys are needed, IAP assists with survey review, coordination, and data analysis consultation. A Survey Toolkit is available on the IAP website: www.uwaterloo.ca/iap/surveys
Surveys Data provided by IAP: Employment rate, related skills/subject, and salary - six months/two years (OUGS) Satisfaction with quality of teaching, would recommend program to others (CUSC GY) Program contribution to growth and development (CUSC GY) Availability of courses needed to complete program (CGPSS) Program contribution to solving complex real-world (NSSE) Quality of overall experience (NSSE)
IAP Timeline May June September October January to mid-March Mid-June IAP presentation to Programs Program Plans and faculty members confirmed Preliminary tables distributed Follow-up meetings Delivery of special requests data Final data distributed
IAP Contacts Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Surveys Blair Clarance bclarance@uwaterloo.ca ext. 37155 Graduate Programs Kerry Tolson ktolson@uwaterloo.ca ext. 36675 Surveys Rohem Adagbon rohem.adagbon@uwaterloo.ca ext. 31357
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