Dean of Student Success
The following pages are designed to guide your analysis of Strategic Outcome Assessments by your Unit and Programs. Please
feel free to contact me if you have questions or need assistance.
Step 1. Pease make an appointment with me to discuss the purpose and function of the outcome assessment for strategic
plans. Unit-level and program-level assessments are designed to create a comprehensive approach to assessing progress
toward achieving the mission of the institution.
Step 2. Please respond to all three of your Programs individually based on their pre-approved strategic plan, as well as
completing an assessment report for the Student Success Unit as a whole. Please use the included Strategic Planning Outcome
Assessment Feedback Form (2012-2013) for crafting feedback to your programs.
Step 3. If any of your three programs revised their strategic plan for 2013/2014, you will also provide feedback to those
programs about the changes presented. Please use the Strategic Plan Review (2013/2014) Form to assist you with this
feedback.
Step 4. It is important for the integration of the strategic plan into the culture of the university for you to meet with the myriad
of staff in your units. Meetings can be arranged at the nit level or with programs individually. It is important that reviews of
program outcome assessment reports are communicated.
Step 5. Since programs may be completing revisions of the plans for their work this academic year, it is imperative that your
feedback be given to your programs as early as possible. To that end, please submit the following to the Director of Strategic
Planning no later than December 20, 2013:
1. Copies of all Program Outcome Assessments for 2012/2013
2. Copies of all revised strategic plans for Programs for 2013/2014,
3. A copy of your Unit’s Student Success Strategic Planning Outcome Assessment 2012/2013, and
4. A copy of your 2013/2104 Student Success Strategic Plan
Strategic Planning Outcome Assessment Feedback Form (2012-2013)
Student Success
Program: ____Student Success/Student Achievement (Nelson)
University Strategic Objective
Teaching
& Learning
Inclusiveness &
Diversity
1.1
2.1
1.2
2.2
2.3
Scholarship &
Creative
Expression
3.1
3.2
Public Service &
Community
Engagement
4.1
4.2
4.3
Resource Development
& Stewardship
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
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x
1. Insights
a. Results of analyses for these objectives
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revealed positive movement:
b. Results of analyses for these objectives
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revealed further attention needed:
c. Suggestions for location of missing data or information that can be provided to allow for robust measurement:
Moving goals for annual reports and PDP’s to 100% of units is essential in future years. Graduation rates continue to lag below
national standards for regional universities, and improvement in degree completion for underrepresented groups is an area
that needs attention. Improvement in identifying reasons behind attrition and non-completion of degrees is essential, and we
are hoping for OE assistance in analyzing those data in robust ways beginning in 2014.
2. Linkages
a. It is clear to see how movement in this area
resulted in or will result in benefit(s) to
students:
b. These objectives were reported 2012/2013
(x), and these additional objectives will be
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addressed 2013/20014 (+). [Blanks mean
department/unit has yet to address
objective.]
Comments:
Additional research on retention and graduation rates will inform programmatic and intervention strategies for the future.
Specifically, it is imperative that the university begin to understand more fully the reasons for our graduation and retention
rates so that we can apply remedies to change the trajectories.
3. Data-Driven Decisions
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na
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Department/Unit shows plans to utilize data
gathered to improve program outcomes in
these areas:
Comment:
Student Achievement does a particularly good job of using data to support program decisions and track success.
4. Revised Strategic Plan 2013/2014
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Comment: (Please see attached “Revised Strategic Plan Review 2013/2014)
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* X = appropriate, - = deficiency, NA = not applicable
Strategic Planning Outcome Assessment Feedback Form (2012-2013)
Student Success
Program: _________________________________________________________
Additional Comments:
Strategic Plan Review (2013/2014)
Teaching &
Learning
University Strategic Objective
Outcomes
Matches correct university
objective (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
1.1
1.2
Inclusiveness &
Diversity
Scholarship &
Creative
Expression
3.1
3.2
2.3
Public Service &
Community
Engagement
4.1
4.2
4.3
Resource Development &
Stewardship
2.1
2.2
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
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Clear in language and intent
(12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Comprehensive: breadth and depth
(12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Measureable – mismatching
activities for outcomes (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Matches aligned indicators,
strategies, and resources (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
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Indicators/Criterion
Measureable: provides comparable
data – trend, peer (12/13)
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na
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(Revised for 13/14)
Meaningful: relevant and
informational (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Manageable: data sources available
(12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
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Clear Standards/Expectations
(12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Strategies/Initiatives
Impactful in realizing outcome
attainment (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
Resources & Budget
Identified: human, physical,
monetary (12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
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Connected to strategies and initiatives
(12/13)
(Revised for 13/14)
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* X = appropriate, - = deficiency, NA = not applicable
Comments:
Many of my responses in this area are anticipating that data will be forthcoming from OE, and the predictive modeling plan
they are expecting to deliver. Additional delays in data availability/analysis will have a seriously detrimental effect on our
ability to complete the objectives adequately.
Strategic Plan Review 2013/2014
Student Success
Program: _____________________Sarah Swager____________________________________
Additional Comments:
Rubric/Checklist Areas for Revised Strategic Plan 2013/2014
Outcomes
Matches correct university objective
Clear in language and intent
Comprehensive (breadth and depth)
Measureable – (mismatching activities for outcomes)
Matches aligned indicators, strategies, and resources
Indicators/Criterion
Measureable (provides comparable data – trend, peer)
Meaningful (relevant and informational)
Manageable (data sources available)
Clear Standards/Expectations
Strategies/Initiatives
Impactful in realizing outcome attainment
Resources & Budget
Identified (human, physical, monetary)
Connected to strategies and initiatives
(Use this to assist completing the Strategic Plan Review 2013/2014 form to evaluate the revised Unit Revised Strategic Plans
for 2013/2014. It may be easier to just add a line below each line on the review of your Unit’s 2012-2013 Strategic Plan that
was submitted to you last year.)