Educational Effectiveness Review (EER)
September 14 – 16, 2011
A three-step process on our part plus a one-step WASC
Commission action
1) Institutional Proposal (Accepted December 2007)
2) CPR (submitted November 2009), Campus Visit Feb. 3-5,
2010
3) Commission letter with recommendations received July
2010.
4)
EER (submitted June 22, 2011), Campus Visit Sept. 14, 15
and 16, 2011.
Final Step: WASC Commission will issue their accreditation
recommendation in February 2012.
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Mary Kay Tetreault: chair
Mark Pavelchak: assistant chair and report writer
Mary Kittleson Kirlin: team member and
Sacramento State faculty
Jillian Kinzie: team member and data/institutional
research specialist
Diane Harvey: our WASC liaison
EER report addresses themes in this order:
Theme 3: Learning as an Institution
Theme 2: Faculty and Staff Support for University
Success
Theme 1: Student Success through Engagement in
Learning
What we learned as an institution (Theme 3) powered
the changes described in Themes 1 and 2.
The report describes three major initiatives undertaken
by CSUN since 2000.
1) Graduation Rates Task Force
2) General Education Task Force
3) Envision 2035 (Campus Master Plan)
Key findings about what matters most in a
successful change process:
1)identify clear objective(s) and timeline
2)select the “right” leaders
3)engage all stakeholders
4)gain support of administration
5)communicate widely through accepted
channels
6)set up efficient structure
Two-way street:
 University supports faculty and staff success
 Faculty and staff support student success
Highlights:
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HERI data reveals faculty who are happy in
their jobs, are active scholars and are
engaged in the community
Long-term investment in staff development
has resulted in commitment and
engagement
Support for faculty and staff leads to
measureable success of CSUN students
Key Points:
1)Rise in graduation rates since 2000
2)Rise in graduation rates since 2000
3)Rise in graduation rates since 2000
Other key points:
1)Improved advising
2)New GE
3)Academic First Year Experiences
4)Assessment (University, college, department,
co-curricular)
5)Policy changes (high unit seniors, financial
aid, etc.)
1)Read at least one section of the EER report, available at
http://www.csun.edu/~instrsch/wasc/index.html
2)Go to the IR website and look at your program data
3)Read the last program review for your department/unit.
4)Be able to talk about assessment in your area, especially
your use of results (making change, closing the loop)
5)Ask your faculty and key staff to do the same.
And, after you do all of the above:
Attend the Faculty Open Forum Th, 9/15, 1:15-2.
There is a special confidential email account:
wascf11csun@yahoo.com
Anyone can send information, opinion and messages. No
one at CSUN EVER sees these emails.
Provost Emerita, Portland State University
Interested in Institutional Planning, Faculty,
Academic Culture, Support for scholarship, creative
activity, service, diversity
Previous: Portland State University, Provost, 19992004
Cal State, Fullerton, VP for Academic Affairs, 19931998
CSUN, Interim Dean of COE
Cal State, Fullerton, Dean and Professor, 19871993
Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary
Research & NSSE Institute
coordinates the NSSE Institute project
activities.
PhD is from Indiana University in higher
education with a minor in women's studies.
Coordinated the master's program in higher
education and student affairs from 20002002.
Director of Institutional Title Research, CSULA
Interested in Student Success, Institutional Planning,
Enrollment management, admissions, marketing, cocurricular learning, civic engagement, learning support,
General Education
PhD University of Pittsburgh 1985 Social/personality
Psychology
Previous: USC, Academic Information Officer, Office of the
Vice President, Admissions & Planning, to June 2011
Director of Student Outcomes Research,1999 to 2005
Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy
and Administration, CSU Sacramento.
Interested in Institutional Planning, Governance,
Faculty Leadership, Co-curricular learning, civic
engagement, learning support,
Faculty Roles/Rewards
Previous: Assistant Professor Indiana University
Purdue University Indianapolis 1998-2003
Chief of Staff, CA State Superintendent of Schools
1994-1998