1. CRITERION 4 Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement
Preparation for HLC Kickoff Meeting
Thursday, September 15, 2016
205 Welch

2. 4A: The institution demonstrates responsibility for the quality of its educational programs
Program Review Process
Quality Credits Transcript
Quality of Credits Transfer
Rigor and Quality of Courses/Credits
Maintain professional accreditation
Evaluate success of graduates

3. 4A: Key Evidence College level program reviews
Documents that describe and demonstrate processes for quality of courses/programs
Survey data of graduates and employers

4. 4A: Gaps/Challenges
Reporting on program reviews at a university level.
Inconsistent procedures—operational interpretations of procedures.
Inconsistent data from different sources

5. 4B: The institution demonstrates a commitment to educational achievement and improvement through ongoing assessment of student learning.
University Assessment Committee (UAC)
All units have assessment committees that coordinate processes for planning, assessing, reporting, and reviewing
UAC reviews all reports

6. 4B: Key Evidence
University mission on assessment
Annual assessment reports from the 5 colleges, General Education Program, Student Affairs & Student Services, University Library, and Graduate School
Example program: CHHS: “signature” assignments; assessments; analysis; “close the loop”; report; review

7. 4B: Gaps/Challenges
Providing typical (good) examples of “closing the loop”
Demonstrating “closing the loop” within unit
Demonstrating closing the loop across units

8. 4C: The institution demonstrates commitment to improvement through attention to retention, persistence, and completion rates in its degree and certificate programs.

9. 4C: Evidence Completion and retention plan
FTIAC graduation data & process of it
BrotherHood Initiative, among other programs
Data on retention/graduation rates disseminated by IRIM

10. 4C: Gaps/Challenges University documentation showing goals & progress
Evidence of use of data to make improvements
Small pockets of programs with data, but no data of university-wide efforts

11. Observations & Comments
Critical to demonstrate assessment of student learning links between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs & Student Services
Student learning occurs across all units of the university.

12. Question
How does assessment of student learning & development support and inform student retention and degree completion?

13. Team 4 Members Doug Baker, Faculty-CAS, Team Co-Leader
James Berry, Faculty, Educational Leadership
Mary Brake, Associate Dean, COT
Meng Chen, IRIM
Diane Fox, Faculty-CHHS
Ellen Gold, SASS, Team Co-Leader
Beth Kubitskey, Associate Dean, COE
Christine Lancaster, Director of Student Support, COE
Steven Pernecky, Associate Dean, CAS
Joe Scazzero, Faculty-COB