IE Weekly Report
May 29, 2015
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Status of Response Report Drafts
OPA is drafting the responses for CS 3.2.12, CS 3.3.1.1, CS 3.3.1.2, and CS 3.3.1.3. Initial drafts are
completed. Dr. James received the latest iteration of CS 3.3.1.3. CS 3.3.1.2 is nearly ready for Dr.
James’ editing. CS 3.2.12 is ready for uploading and linking in iWebfolio.
An Assessment Revision Reminder email was sent to all Chairs, Deans, and Associate Deans to
remind them of the upcoming June 15th assessment revision deadline. This revision is critical for
providing updated evidence in the Response Report.
OPA staff is carefully considering which units to highlight within the narratives of each SACSCOC
response. For example, CS 3.3.1.3 will most likely highlight the following offices: Student Legal
Services, University Libraries, Academic Testing Services, Student Disability Services, RaiderReady,
and Transition & Engagement. Comprehensive Standard 3.3.1.2 will most likely emphasize
narratives from Student Business Services, Hospitality Services, Operations Division, Accounts
Receivable, Student Union, and Recreational Sports. Because degree programs are revising
assessment evidence up until June 15, samples of evidence to be included in the narrative for
Comprehensive Standard 3.3.1.1 will be determined in late-June.
Dr. James recommended that OPA staff contact each administrative support service unit and each
academic and student support services unit to identify and provide precise thresholds for success.
This effort will begin next week.
Engineering Assessment Reporting
Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Computer Engineering Assessment Templates are
complete. Templates were returned to Dr. Giesselmann to supply missing information by June 10th.
The Mechanical Engineering Template is complete, and Dr. James will identify who should receive
this report.
Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Environmental
Engineering Assessment Templates will be completed by June 1, and will be returned to Chairs to
supply missing information.
Assessment Consultation
Provided assessment analysis for Dr. Helen Morrow, as she works to complete the SACSCOC MSW
prospectus.
Collaborated with Dr. Catherine Parsoneault to provide assessment reports for low-producing degree
programs.
The Department of English sought out OPA’s consultation services; OPA staff provided
recommendations for strengthening the MA and PHD learning outcomes and associated means of
assessment.
Analyzed Clinical and Counseling Psychology APA assessment requirements and provided
recommendation to Dr. Cohen on how to “marry” APA and SACSCOC requirements.
Offered recommendations to Dr. Catherine Morelock regarding CFAS’ assessment plan.
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Consulted with Dr. Michael Giesselmann about completing the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assessment Templates.
Evaluated Biotechnology’s revised student learning outcomes and means of assessment with Dr.
Jatindra Tripathy.
Consulted with Ms. Jessica Lunsford from the Department of Computer Science regarding TracDat
documentation.
Provided suggestions to Dr. Susan Tomlinson regarding HAL’s assessment plan.
ASSU Reporting
Many units have been asked to submit and/or revise their submitted reports. Please see revised
deadlines below.
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Human Resources (2015-2016 data only) - Deadline of May 30th
Information Technology (Includes Institutional Research) – Deadline of May 30th
Community Engagement – Deadline of June 15th
Communications & Marketing – Deadline of June 15th
Office of Planning & Assessment – Deadline of June 15th
Registrar – Deadline of May 30th
AFISM (revising to add 2010-2014 data which was previously excluded) – Deadline of May 30th
Admissions – Deadline of June 15th
Preparing for Fall CAAP Administration
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OPA is in contact with various (PSY, SOC, THA) department chairs regarding administration of the
CAAP in freshman-level courses and ASFR provided OPA with a list of senior-level courses with
high enrollments. Distance courses are still being identified through the assistance of eLearning.
QEP Support
QEP t-shirts were provided to Human Resources on Friday, May 29. These t-shirts will be distributed
at each month’s New Employee Orientation.
An information sheet for new employees is under development. The information sheet will describe
how the QEP affects new employees.
The Office of Planning and Assessment is nearing completion of the re-designed QEP website.
Meeting minutes and agendas have been re-organized on the website, and links have been checked for
accuracy. We have identified a few documents that are still missing, and we are currently working to
locate and post them. Additionally, we have included a section specifically for multimedia and added
a subsection for resources. Please click on the link below to see the change to the new QEP website.
o http://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/qep/
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