San José State University WASC Accreditation Report
Location of Evidence Addressing Criteria for Review
in Educational Effectiveness Report
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Description
Evidence
Pages
Standard 1: Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives
1.1
1.2
Mission statement
Educational objectives
consistent and clearly
recognized; indicators &
evidence
SJSU Mission
1, 5, 7, 8, 17, 21,
46
Vision 2010
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 21
Shared Values
5, 18, 21, 39
Goals 2010
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13,
12, 16, 17, 25,
27
Goals for all students (included in the mission)
1, 18, 21, 28
Missions of Colleges of Education, Social
Sciences
22
Missions of School of Social Work
22
Missions of Philosophy and Health Science
Departments
22
Missions of Housing and MOSAIC Cross Cultural
Center
22
General Education Program Objectives
1, 7
Inventory of Student Learning Outcomes
1, 5, 8, 12, 17,
Portfolio Data
Element 7.1
Assessment Update
5, 8, Appendix A
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
9, 10, 35
Map of broad GE Program objectives to specific
GE content area objectives
9
Analysis of course embedded assessment data
10
Library support for information literacy
10
SJSU results of ETS information literacy
testing
11
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1.3
1.4
Description
Institutional leadership
at all levels
Commitment to academic
freedom for faculty,
staff, students
Evidence
Pages
New Writing Skills test prompts to assess
integrative learning
11
Preliminary mapping: Learning outcomes of the
major and SJSU goals for all students
13
Humanities Honors Program
13
Science 002: Success in Science program
14
MUSE program assessment
15
Learning outcomes for student affairs programs
18
Learning outcomes for Study Abroad
19
Learning outcomes for University Housing
20
Learning outcomes for Associated Students
21
Learning outcomes for Frosh Orientation
20
Learning outcomes for selected departments
9, 12, 35
Learning outcomes for service learning and
community-based courses, field work,
internships
40-44
SJSU strategic planning process
2, 5, Appendix A
WASC accreditation process
2-6
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
Selection of EE Report themes
5
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
Enrollment management update
5, Appendix B
History of General Education at SJSU
8,
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
9
Establishing assessment in the major
12
Establishing assessment in Student Affairs
18
Collaboration between Student & Academic
Affairs
18
President’s Fall 2006 Reading Group on Diversity
34
Primarily addressed in Capacity & Preparatory
Review Report
2
Shared governance - GE Guidelines
7
Shared governance - Program Planning Guidelines
47
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1.5
Description
Appropriate response to
increasing diversity of
society
Evidence
Pages
Shared governance – SJSU 2006 and 2007
Greater Expectations Institutes
4, 5
Selection of inclusive excellence as EE report
theme
5
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
9, 19
Specific GE objectives regarding multicultural
perspectives
8, 22
Humanities Honors Program special cohorts
14
Science 002: Success in Science outreach
14
MUSE program
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Student clubs and organization
18
Study Abroad
18
University Housing objectives
19
Frosh Orientation languages
20
Welcome Week theme
20
National rankings for graduating minority
students
22
Goals and shared values relating to diversity
22
Non-discrimination policy for all programs and
activities
22
Sense of the Senate Resolution on Diversity
22
History of diversity at San José State
University
23
Demographics of region
23
Comparison of region demographics to faculty
and staff profile
23
SJSU student diversity: gender, race/ethnicity,
language, age, need for accommodation, class
level and enrollment status, socioeconomic
status, other categories
24-27
Analysis of retention, persistence, and
graduation rates by gender and race/ethnicity
26-28
Analysis of Writing Skills Test results by
29
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Evidence
Pages
primary language
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
Educational focus &
autonomy
Integrity of academic
policies & procedures
Integrity in operations
policies, business
practices
Integrity & open
communication in the
accreditation process
Analysis of gender and race/ethnicity of
students receiving academic honors
30
Campus climate survey, including new questions
to reflect current diversity and social context
31
Diversity in the co-curriculum
33
Diversity across the curriculum
34
Diversity in general education
35
EDUC 157 Community Action and Service
40
CommUniverCity
41
It Takes a Valley Project
42
Primarily addressed in Capacity & Preparatory
Review Report
3
2006 and 2007 SJSU Greater Expectations
Institute
4, 5
Strategic planning update
5, Appendix A
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8. 21
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
8
Academic Senate Committee on Assessment
12
Academic Senate policy on MUSE
15
SJSU non-discrimination policy
22
Diversity statement in faculty union agreement
22
Student Rights and Responsibilities statement
21
Sense of the Senate Resolution on Diversity
22, 34
SJSU Policy of Commitment to a Campus Climate
that Values Diversity and Equal Opportunity
31
Program Planning Guidelines
47
Primarily addressed in Capacity & Preparatory
Review Report
3
Institutional Research Update
5
SJSU WASC accreditation process
2-5
Institutional proposal
2
Capacity & Preparatory Review Report & Site
Visit
2, 3
Accreditation Steering Committee
3
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Evidence
Pages
EE Report, Phase 1
3
Student Experience Study
3-4, 6
Special Visit Report & Site Visit
2, 4
EE Report, Phase 2
4-5
Assessment update since Special Visit
5, Appendix A
Strategic planning update since Special Visit
5, Appendix A
Enrollment management update since Special
Visit
5, Appendix A
Institutional research update since Special Visit
5, Appendix A
Substantive change update since Special Visit
5, Appendix A
Standard 2: Achieving Educational Objectives through Core Functions
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Educational programs –
appropriate for degree,
staffed by sufficient
qualified faculty
List of degrees approved or accredited by
discipline-specific organizations
7, 17
Institutional portfolio
Portfolio
Graduation requirements
for all degrees
Assessment update
5, Portfolio
Required Data Elements
Portfolio
Programs and polices
regarding learning &
student attainment
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Program Assessment Plan
9
New strategies for assessing student learning in
GE
10
Program Planning Guidelines
47
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
7
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
8, 11
Assessment Update
5, Appendix A
Analysis of course embedded assessment data
(samples)
10, 12, 40-44
Humanities Honors Program design
14
Science 002: Success in Science program design
14
MUSE program design
15
Collective responsibility
for learning & student
attainment of learning
expectations
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2.5
2.6
2.7
Description
Student involvement in
learning, challenge to
achieve high
expectations, ongoing
feedback
Graduates meet
expectations embedded
in curriculum
Program review, including
Evidence
Pages
SAIL pilot
11
Examples of integrative learning activities and
achievements
7
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
Library resources for information literacy
10
Humanities Honors Program curriculum
14
Science 002: Success in Science program
14
MUSE program
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Analysis of gender and race/ethnicity of
students receiving academic honors
30
Service and community-based learning
40-44
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
8, 11
Analysis of course embedded assessment data
10, 12, 36
SJSU results of ETS information literacy
testing
10
New Writing Skills test prompts to assess
integrative learning
11
Inventory of student learning outcomes
9
Major objectives mapped to SJSU goals for all
students (Anthropology, Biology, Justice
Studies)
9
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment
11
Humanities Honors Program graduation rates
14
Science 002: Success in Science program
14
Graduation requirements for graduate programs
17
List of degrees approved or accredited by
7
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2.8
Description
external review as
appropriate
Scholarship, innovation,
& creativity valued and
promoted; disseminated
as appropriate for
institution
Evidence
discipline-specific organizations
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
7
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
Analysis of course embedded assessment data
9, 36
Humanities Honors Program
12
Science 002: Success in Science
13
MUSE program
14
External accreditation requirements of
graduate programs (Engineering, Business,
Nursing, Public Health)
17-18
Program Planning Guidelines
47
Examples of student involvement in exemplary
research, scholarship, and creative achievement
7
Release time for faculty research with student
engagement
5
Examples of student involvement in exemplary
research and development, applied projects
7
Student awards for academic excellence
30
Faculty awards for teaching, scholarship,
service
31
Diversity in the co-curriculum
33
Campus Reading Program
34
Recognition of scholarship,
creativity in RTP process
2.9
Linkage of scholarship,
teaching, student
learning and service
Pages
innovation,
and
45
Provost’s Service Learning Awards
45
Examples of exemplary student service learning
and community service
7
Examples of exemplary student-faculty
research
7
Examples of exemplary applied culminating
projects
7
Examples of student-generated commitments
upon graduation integrating values, knowledge,
and experiences from their academic program
7
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2.10
2.11
Description
Assessment of student
characteristics, needs,
experiences
Co-curricular programs
integrated with
academic goals;
supporting student
development & success
Evidence
Pages
Scholarship on teaching and learning
38, 42, 44
It Takes a Valley Project
43
Student Experience Study
3, 6
Library resources for information literacy
10
SJSU results of ETS information literacy
testing
10
New Writing Skills test prompts to assess
integrative learning
11
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment
11
Participation in Wabash Study
11
Humanities Honors Program special cohort
14
Science 002: Success in Science peer advising
14
MUSE program
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Study Abroad assessment of student
experience
19
Housing assessment of student experience
19
Frosh Orientation assessment
20
Background characteristics, stop out rates, and
impact on retention, persistence, and graduation
26-28
Analysis of Writing Skills Test results by
primary language
29
Analysis of gender and race/ethnicity of
students receiving academic honors
30
Ongoing academic support programs based on
assessment of student needs and
characteristics
31
Campus climate student survey results
31, 45
NSSE 2004 Benchmark Report
39
Examples of exemplary student projects
7
CommUniverCity San José
7
College of Engineering Global Technology
Initiative
7
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
Humanities Honors Program theme community
14
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Evidence
Pages
Science 002: Success in Science activities
14
MUSE program activities
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Student clubs
18
Study Abroad
19
University Housing
19
Associated Students
20
Frosh Orientation
20
Welcome Week
20
Welcome Convocation
20
New course: Success as Transfer Students
28
Student Transfer Experience Program (STEP)
for fall 2007
29
Writing Center (opening Spring 2007)
29
Academic support programs for low income,
first generation to college, and underrepresented students
30
Diversity in the co-curriculum
33
Campus Reading Program
34
Cesar Chavez Community Action Center
38
CommUniverCity San José
39
Center for Service Learning programs
39
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library programs
39
EDUC 157 Community Action service learning
course
40
College of Applied Sciences and Arts Engaged
College activities
42
Nutrition and Food Science service learning
42
Health Science Continuum of Engagement
42
It Takes a Valley project
43
Courses with service learning components
43
Assessment of service learning by Anthropology
Department
44
Assessment of service learning by School of
Social Work
44
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2.12
2.13
Description
Student understanding
of academic
requirements; advising
Student support services
designed to meet needs
of students & curriculum
Evidence
Pages
Assessment of service learning by Psychology
Department
44
Assessment of service learning by Political
Science Department
44
Humanities Honors advising
14
Science 002: Success in Science advising
14
MUSE program
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Individual assessment for freshman by 2010
28
New Transfer Information Program (TIP)
28
New course: Success as Transfer Students
28
Student Transfer Experience Program (STEP)
for fall 2007
28
Academic support programs for low income,
first generation to college, and underrepresented students
31
SNAPS
Supplemental
Data
Enrollment Management Update
5, Appendix A
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
Library resources for information literacy
10
SAIL pilots
11
Team SJSU Studies pilots
11
Humanities Honors advising
14
Science 002: Success in Science advising
14
MUSE program activities
15
Peer Mentor Program
16
Student clubs and organizations
18
New Transfer Information Program (TIP)
28
New course: Success as Transfer Students
28
Student Transfer Experience Program (STEP)
for fall 2007
28
Academic support programs for low income,
first generation to college, and underrepresented students
30
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2.14
Description
Communication to
transfer students
Evidence
Pages
MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center
34
New Transfer Information Program (TIP)
29
New course: Success as Transfer Students
29
Student Transfer Experience Program (STEP)
for fall 2007
29
Standard 3: Faculty and Staff
3.1
Personnel sufficient in
number and professional
qualifications
Required Data Elements
Portfolio
3.2
Faculty commitment,
qualifications, diversity
Required Data Elements
Portfolio
Capacity & Preparatory Review Report
3
Special Visit Report
4
Comparison of region demographics to SJSU
faculty profile
23
Required Data Elements
Portfolio
Outstanding Professor, President’s Scholar, and
Outstanding Service faculty awards
30
Faculty release time for Campus Climate survey
analysis
32
Capacity and Preparatory Review Report
3
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
GE expert in Center for Faculty Development
12
MUSE program faculty workshops
15
Faculty support for effective teaching when
English is not students’ primary language (new
Writing Center opening Spring 2007)
29
President’s Fall 2006 Reading Group on Diversity
34
Faculty release time for collaborative work on
student projects
5
Support for general education assessment
8
First Year Experience programs
13
MUSE program
14
Peer Mentor program expansion, Peer Mentor
Center
15
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.7
Recruitment, workload,
rewards, evaluation
Faculty development to
improve teaching and
learning
Fiscal and physical
resources aligned with
institutional purposes
and educational
objectives
Information technology
Institutional Research update
5, Appendix A
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Description
to support educational,
academic, and
administrative functions
Evidence
Enrollment Management update
Pages
5, Appendix A
3.8
Organizational
structures and decisionmaking
3.9
Independent governing
board & appropriate
oversight
Capacity & Preparatory Review Report
3
3.10
University leadership
Special Visit Report
4
2006 and 2007 SJSU Greater Expectations
Institute
4, 5
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8.
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
Analysis of course-embedded assessment data
9. 11
3.11
Faculty leadership and
action; shared
governance
Strategic Planning update
5, Appendix A
Standard 4: Strategic Thinking and Planning
4.1
4.2
Multiple constituencies
engaged in institutional
reflection & planning;
institution monitors
implementation
Alignment of resources,
objectives, priorities
with strategic objectives
and priorities
SJSU accreditation process
2-5
Student Experience Study
3, 6, Appendix A
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
SJSU strategic planning process
5, Appendix A
First Year Experience Panel in strategic planning
Appendix A
Campus Climate Committee survey
32
President’s Fall 2006 Reading Group on Diversity
34
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
SJSU strategic planning process
5, Appendix A
EE faculty initiatives funded for spring 07
5
History of General Education at SJSU
8,
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
7
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4.3
4.4
Description
Planning informed by
data
Quality assurance
processes to assess
effectiveness
Evidence
Pages
SAIL pilots
11
Team SJSU Studies pilots
11
Assessment support at college and university
levels
12
Establishing assessment in the major
12-13
First Year Experience programs
14
MUSE program
14
Expanded first year experience activities
funded
16
Student Affairs learning outcomes initiative
18
Administration of Campus Climate survey
31
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5, 31
SJSU strategic planning process
5, Appendix A
Institutional research update
5, Appendix A
History of General Education at SJSU
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
7
Analysis of course embedded assessment data
9
SJSU results of ETS information literacy
testing
10
New Writing Skills test prompts to assess
integrative learning
11
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment,
Wabash Study
11
Inventory of student learning outcomes
12
First Year Experience report
14
Student Affairs learning outcomes initiative
18
Study Abroad plans based on evaluation
19
Housing plans based on evaluation, benchmarking
19
Associated Students plans based on evaluation
20
Frosh Orientation plans based on evaluation
20
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
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4.5
Description
Institutional research
Evidence
Pages
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
7
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
7
Analysis of course-embedded data (sample)
9
First Year Experience report
13
Collegiate Learning Assessment
11
Wabash Longitudinal Study
11
Program Planning Guidelines
47
Assessment Update
5, Appendix A
Substantive Change Update
5, Appendix A
Institutional research update
5, Appendix A
History of General Education at SJSU
8
1998 Academic Senate Policy on General
Education
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
SJSU results of ETS information literacy
testing
11
New Writing Skills test prompts to assess
integrative learning
11
Inventory of student learning outcomes
12
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment,
Wabash Study
11
MUSE evaluation data (e.g., LLD pass rates)
16
Analysis of MUSE cohort within NSSE data
16
Comparison of region demographics to faculty
and staff profile
23
Demographic research on student population:
gender, race/ethnicity, language diversity, age,
need for accommodation, class level and
enrollment status, socioeconomic status, other
categories
24-25
Analysis of retention, persistence, and
graduation rates by gender and race/ethnicity
26-28
Analysis of Writing Skills Test results by
primary language
29
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4.6
4.7
Description
Commitment to
improvement from
leadership at all levels
Ongoing inquiry into
teaching and learning
Evidence
Pages
Analysis of gender and race/ethnicity of
students receiving academic honors
30
Analysis of gender and race/ethnicity of faculty
receiving top academic honors
30
Campus Climate survey
31
Student Needs and Priorities Survey
Supplemental
Data
HERI
Supplemental
Data
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Supplemental
Data
Accreditation process
2-5
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
Fall 2005 President’s Reading Group on Student
Success
4
Evolution of themes for EE Report
5
Strategic planning and resource allocation
process
5, Appendix A
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
First Year Experience Report
13
Graduate program strategic planning
17, 18
Student Affairs learning outcomes initiative
18
2006 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
4
2007 SJSU Greater Expectations Institute
5
History of General Education at SJSU
8
Assessment as a Path to a Learning-Centered
Campus
8
GE Guidelines and SJSU Program Objectives
7
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment
11
Participation in Collegiate Learning Assessment,
Wabash Study
11
SAIL pilots
11
Team SJSU Studies pilots
11
Analysis of course-embedded assessment data
9, 12
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4.8
Description
Appropriate
stakeholders involved in
assessment of
effectiveness
Evidence
Pages
First Year Experience Report
13
Humanities Honors evaluation
14
Science 002: Success in Science evaluation
14
MUSE program design and evaluation
15
Student Affairs learning outcomes initiative
18
Analysis of Writing Skills Test results by
primary language, new investment in Writing
Center
29
Evaluation of academic support programs
30
Housing pilot participation in EBI Study
30
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Supplemental
Data
Student Needs and Priorities Survey (SNAPS)
Supplemental
Data
President’s Fall 2006 Reading Group on Diversity
34
Research on service learning
39, 43
“It Takes a Valley” project for teacher
preparation
43
Student Experience Study
3, 4, 32
Example of preceptor evaluation of internships
7
Examples of student projects judged by
external stakeholders
7
Discipline-specific evaluation in graduate
programs
17
Community leaders’ perceptions of SJSU
students
38
2004 Library of the Year Award
39
EDUC 157 partner evaluation of student learning
40
Commendations for CommUniverCity
41
MPH Mentor evaluation of student ability
42
Nutrition Department internship evaluations
42
“It Takes a Valley” project for teacher
preparation
43
School of Social Work field evaluation
43
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