2006 Fall Workshop

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2006 Fall Workshop

• PLANNING and ASSESSMENT
• A TUTORIAL FOR
• NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIRS A REFRESHER COURSE FOR
  OTHERS

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Planning and Assessment Workshop

• Session 1
• NATIONAL/REGIONAL ISSUES AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES
• T. Gilmour Reeve
• Director of Strategic Planning
• Office of the President
• 100 145
• November 10, 2006

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• NATIONAL LEVEL
• US Department of Education does not (at this
  time) accredit institutions but it does accredit
  the accrediting agencies
• USDE does require that these accrediting agencies
  have standards regarding the quality of the
  institution and its programs, including student
  achievement
• Institutions are eligible for Federal funding
  through accreditation by a recognized USDE
  agency.
• Material from SCUPs Webcast Integrating Higher
  Education Planning and Assessment A Practical
  Guide September 28, 2006

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• NATIONAL LEVEL
• ACCREDITATION
• Accreditation is voluntary if institutional
  doesnt want/need federal funds it doesnt have
  to be accredited (but students wont graduate
  from an accredited institution)
• Accreditation agencies are self-regulating and
  use a peer-review process to ensure standards are
  met
• Accreditation standards are institutional-wide
  and focus on improvement of programs and services
• Program or discipline specific accrediting
  agencies generally wont accredit the program if
  the institution is not accredited
• Material from SCUPs Webcast Integrating Higher
  Education Planning and Assessment A Practical
  Guide September 28, 2006

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• NATIONAL LEVEL
• ACCREDITATION vs. ACCOUNTABILITY
• Growing Pressure from Federal and State
  initiatives to hold institutions accountable on
  performance measures
• Spelling Commission Report of the Future of
  Higher Education
• Funding for publicly reporting student learning
  outcomes
• Move toward use of measures that place more
  emphasis on student learning
• (see the Chronicle of Higher Education, October
  6, 2006)
• Texas State Accountability System
• http//www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/Accounta
  bility/default.cfm

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• REGIONAL LEVEL
• For most universities, institutional
  accreditation is achieved via one of six regional
  accrediting agencies
• Southern Association for Colleges and Schools
  (SACS) Commission on Colleges (COC) is the
  regional accrediting agency for Texas Tech
  University
• SACSCOC accrediting standards are published in
  the
• Principles of Accreditation
• http//www.sacscoc.org/principles.asp

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• REGIONAL LEVEL
• SACSCOC standards related to planning and
  assessment
• CR 2.5 The institution engages in ongoing,
  integrated, and institution-wide research-based
  planning and evaluation processes that
  incorporate a systematic review of programs and
  services that (a) results in continuing
  improvement, and (b) demonstrates that the
  institution is effectively accomplishing its
  mission. (Institutional Effectiveness)
• CR 3.3.1 The institution identifies expected
  outcomes for its educational programs and its
  administrative and educational support services
  assesses whether it achieves these outcomes and
  provides evidence of improvement based on
  analysis of those results.
• CS 3.4.1 The institution demonstrates that each
  educational program for which academic credit is
  awarded (a) is approved by the faculty and the
  administration, and (b) establishes and evaluates
  program and learning outcomes.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• REGIONAL LEVEL
• There are three basic aspects to these SACSCOC
  standards
• The institution DOES planning and assessment
• The institution USES planning and assessment to
  improve programs and services
• The institution DOCUMENTS the planning and
  assessment activities and the improvements made.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Texas Tech University Planning and Assessment
• Strategic Planning initiated in 2000-01
• First Annual Assessment Reports prepared for 2002
  submitted Spring 2003 submitted annually
  since
• All strategic plans and annual assessment reports
  are publicly accessible on Strategic Planning and
  Assessment Reports homepage
• http//techdata.irs.ttu.edu/stratreport/index.asp
  

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Texas Tech University
• Planning and Assessment
• University Policies
• OP 10.13 Strategic Planning and Assessment
• The university, including all academic programs
  and support operations, is engaged in an ongoing
  and comprehensive process of planning and
  assessment. All areas (divisions and colleges)
  and units (departments, centers, and institutes
  within areas) must conform to the university
  policies as specified in this OP.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Texas Tech University
• Planning and Assessment
• University Policies OP 10.13 (cont.)
• Academic programs, including program content,
  quality, and assessment, are the primary
  responsibility of the faculty within the academic
  disciplines. Learning outcomes assessments of
  academic programs are included in the
  departments annual assessment reports.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Texas Tech University
• Planning and Assessment
• University Policies OP 10.13 (cont.)
• Academic department chairs, deans, and the
  provost/senior vice president for academic
  affairs are responsible for ensuring that
  academic programs are appropriately organized and
  outcomes of student learning are assessed
  annually for program improvement.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Texas Tech University
• Planning and Assessment
• University Policies OP 10.13 (cont.)
• Assessment reports are processed from the unit
  level to the area level through the university
  administrative organization. Administrators at
  each level are to ensure that assessment reports
  from all their units have been completed and
  submitted.
• Assessment reports are used to improve the
  efficiency and effectiveness of programs and
  operations for all areas and units.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• Planning and assessment are not additional tasks
  to be accomplished
• but serve as a systematic approach to
  accomplishing the universitys, the areas and
  units missions and goals.

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Planning and Assessment Workshop Session 1

• QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?
• THANK YOU!