December 17, 2015
Assessment and Accreditation Committee Meeting
Attendance
Name
Nathan Lindsay
Jasmine Zink Laine
Rebecca Power
John Deboer
Scott Whittenburg
Michael Reid
Dawn Ressel
Shali Zhang
Gilbert Quintero
Cody Meixner
Betsy Story
Reed Humphrey
Representation
Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost
Office of the President
Theatre
Research and Creative Scholarship
Business Affairs
OPBA
Library
Anthropology
ASUM
ASUM
CHPBS
1. Updates on our accreditation efforts
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General Education pilot assessments in Math and Ethics
Collegiate Learning Assessment—recruiting in capstone courses
Project Innovation Cultivation
Global Leadership Initiative
2. Feedback on the NWCCU report for the November meeting
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Mission Fulfillment—Quality Assurance (the standard) and Continuous Improvement (using
the data for improvement)
The Four Parts of the Report (due in 2017): Defining Mission Fulfillment, Methodology,
Outcomes, Continuous Improvement (closing the loop). It’s basically like a research paper.
Learning is the focus of this paper.
Commissioners of NWCCU may ask how learning (mission fulfillment) is related to other
aspects of Mission Fulfillment (Research, Outreach).
The evaluation of mission fulfillment has to be qualitative and integrative at the top,
supported by a lot of quantitative metrics, data, and outcomes at the bottom of the
pyramid. You start at the top, drill down to the specific numbers, and then go back up the
pyramid to connect the dots and make a case that we are meeting our mission.
Mission fulfillment is not yes/no. It’s a question of “to what extent”, and are we going in
the right direction.
Beyond the core themes and gen ed outcomes, we need to spell out what makes us unique
(this needs to be in our definition of how we are defining quality)—written communication,
critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, global leadership, entrepreneurship.
December 17, 2015
3. Finalized Institutional Assessment Report (see attached)
4. Assessment of previous strategic initiatives
a. HR Professional Training staff member
i. What was the job description? What were the proposed outcomes or
benefits? Return on investment?
ii. A short self-report could be included, that highlighted the relationship to
enrollment and the strategic plan. It could also include future goals for
position and any metrics or achievement targets.
iii. What have you done to make sure you can continue to assess your processes? We
need to make sure we will have continual assessment of the effectiveness of each
process/program.
5. Reviewing proposals from the Planning Committee
6. Next meeting—late January