University Assessment Schedule
The University Assessment Schedule provides a comprehensive list of assessment activities in the areas of Academic and Board Affairs, Academic Programs, Non-Academic Divisions, and Student Life.
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Academic and Board Affairs
| Responsible Unit | Assessment Activity | Target Group/Area Assessed | Frequency | Stakeholders Involved in Assessment and Closing the Loop | Type of Assessment |
| Academic Affairs | "Program Review: Comprehensive Program Quality, Sustainability, and Strategy Analysis" |
Academic Programs | "7 year cycle, unless different frequencies are required by external Acreditors or if program flagged in IPAD review" |
Academic Affairs, Faculty Senate, Academic Programs | Program Assessment |
| Academic Affairs | IPAD: Interactive Program Analysis and Dashboard | Academic Programs | Annually | ||
| Academic Affairs and Board Affairs | Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee | Monthly | Strategic Plan Implementation Committee | Internal Reporting | |
| Academic Affairs and Board Affairs | Strategic Plan Implementation Progress and Feedback Conferences | Strategic Plan Initiatives | Annually | Executive Cabinet | Internal Reporting, Outcomes Assessment |
| Academic Affairs: Academic Programs | Student Learning Outcomes Assessment: Learning Outcomes Review by Program of prior Academic Year to provide insights to implement in the subsequent Academic Year | Students | "Annual, Summer review of Program Assessment Reports go to University Assessment Committee in October for review and feedback by January" |
Academic Programs, Deans | Student Learning Outcomes |
| Board Affairs | Board Dashboards | Strategic Plan Initiatives | Quarterly | Internal Reporting | |
| Board Affairs | Board Reports | Strategic Plan Initiatives | Quarterly | Internal Reporting | |
| Core Curriculum Committee | Signature 1 and 2 Core Course Assessment | Core Courses | "Annual, Summer review of data from prior Academic Year to provide insights to implement the subsequent Academic Year" |
Core Curriculum Committee | Student Learning Outcomes |
| Academic Affairs: Core Proficiencies Committee | General Education Outcomes Assessment Instrument: Proficiencies, General Education, Mission distrubuted to All Seniors | Students | "Annual, Summer review of data from prior Academic Year to provide insights to implement the subsequent Academic Year" |
Academic Affairs, Core Proficiencies Committee | Student Learning Outcomes |
Academic Programs
| Responsible Unit | Assessment Activity | Target Group/Area Assessed | Frequency | Stakeholders Involved in Assessment and Closing the Loop | Type of Assessment |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) | BA Social Work and MSW programs | 8 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) | MPA program | 7 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| College of Human Development, Culture, and Media | Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) | Teacher preparation and a selection of advanced programs | 7 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| College of Human Development, Culture, and Media | American Psychologial Assosciation (APA) | PhD Counseling Psychology program | Accreditation | ||
| College of Nursing | Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) | Nursing programs | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) | MS Athletic Training program | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management (CAHME) | MHA program | 7 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) | Doctor of Physical Therapy program | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (CAA) | MS Speech Language Pathology program | 8 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) | MS Occupational Therapy program | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences | Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA) | MS Physician Assistant program | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Law | ABA Accreditation of Law Schoo | Law School | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| School of Law | Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) | Law School Students | National Studies | ||
| School of Theology | Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada | Theology programs | 10 yr cycle | Accreditation | |
| Student Services | RNL Student Satisfaction Survey | Undergraduate Students | Annual | Council for Student Success, Student Services- annual report | |
| Stillman School of Business | Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - International (AACSB) | Business programs | 5 yr cycle | Accreditation |
Non-Academic Divisions
| Responsible Unit | Assessment Activity | Target Group/Area Assessed | Frequency | Stakeholders Involved in Assessment and Closing the Loop | Type of Assessment |
| All Administrative Units | "Administrator Assessment via SABA: Relative to Strategic Plan and Divisional and Personal Goals/ Self-assessments, followed by supervisor assessemnt, and feedback discussion" |
Administrators | Annual | Supervisors | Employee Assessment |
| Department of Information Technology | Educause CORE Data Service | National Studies | |||
| Department of Information Technology | ECAR Study of Students & IT | National Studies | |||
| Enrollment Management | Enrollment, retention, dashboards | Students | Quarterly | Enrollment Services | Internal Reporting |
| Human Resources | College and University Professional Association (CUPA) surveys | Administrators and Faculty | Annual | External Benchmarking | |
| Institutional Research | IPEDS (Federal and State) | Various | Annual | External Benchmarking | |
| Institutional Research | "Course Evaluations: Online Administration for Courses across all Levels and Colleges" |
Faculty and Courses | Semester | Faculty Assessment | |
| Institutional Research | National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) | Freshman and Graduating Seniors | Every 3 years | Academic Affairs, Student Services, Student Success Council | National Studies |
| Internal Audit Department | "Internal Audits: Operational, financial and performance audits, selected from across the University as a result of a comprehensive risk analysis and assessment process." |
"Non-academic areas, generally academic and curricula based initiatives are excluded." |
Annually, typically 1-2 units per division, per year | All divisions | Internal Reporting |
| Office of Grants & Research | NSF Higher Education Research and Development | Grants and Research Activities | Annual | External Benchmarking | |
| Teaching, Learning & Technology Center | Mobile Computing Student Satisfaction & Perception Survey | Student | Annual | Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, Information Technology, Faculty Senate IT Committee | Student Satisfaction |
| University Advancement | Attitudinal survey of alumni | Alumni | Annual | Student Satisfaction | |
| University Assessment Committee | Review /Workshopping of all Academic Program Assessments |
Academic Programs | Annual | Academic Affairs, Academic Programs (faculty) | Improvement of Assessment Process |
| University Assessment Committee | Targeted Assessment of Select Divisional Assessment Results and Initiatives | Various Administrative Units | Annual | Divisional VPs, as appropriate | Improvement of Assessment Process |
| University Assessment Committee | Undergraduate Student Retention | First year freshman one year fall to fall retention and 4-5-6 year graduation rates | Semester | Council for Student Success | Internal Reporting |
| University Assessment Committee | The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) | Student | Annual | Council for Student Success, Student Services | National Studies |
Student Life
| Responsible Unit | Assessment Activity | Target Group/Area Assessed | Frequency | Stakeholders Involved in Assessment and Closing the Loop | Type of Assessment |
| Athletics | NCAA Financial Reporting | Athletics | Annual (January 15) | Athletics | |
| Athletics | NCAA Graduation Success Rate Report | Athletics | Annual (June 1) | Athletics, Academic Affairs, Student Success Council | |
| Athletics | NCAA Sport Sponsorship Report | Athletics | Annual (July 31) | Athletics | |
| Athletics | NCAA Academic Progress Rate | Athletics | Annual (October) | Atheltics, Academic Affairs, Student Success Council | |
| Athletics | NCAA EADA Annual Report | Athletics | Annual (October) | Atheltics, Academic Affairs, Student Success Council | |
| Career Center | Career Center follow-up of unemployed grads | Graduating Seniors | "Annual, 6 months after initial survey" |
Student Services - annual report | Student Outcomes Assessment |
| Career Center | Career Center Initial Employment Outcomes | Graduating Seniors | Annual | Student Services | Student Outcomes Assessment |
| Career Center | Career Center Internship Satisfaction survey | Students taking internships | Annual | Student Services | Student Satisfaction |
| Division of Volunteer Efforts | DOVE satisfaction survey | Students | Annual | Student Satisfaction | |
| Health Services | Patient Satisfaction survey | Students | Annual | Student Services - annual report | Student Satisfaction |
| Housing and Residence Life | Resident Satisfaction Student survey | Resident Students | Annual | Student Services - annual report | Student Satisfaction |
| Student Services | RNL Student Satisfaction Survey | Undergraduate Students | Annual | Council for Student Success, Student Services- annual report |