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Year Seven Self-Evaluation Workshop
ORGetting from Here to There
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Purposes of Accreditation
Self-Regulation through Continuous Improvement
Academic Integrity Demonstrated by Mission Fulfillment
Collective Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions to Constituents
Institutional Integrity – Quality Assurance –
Degree to which institutional intentions match institutional accomplishments
Feeds into accountability and quality assurance
What do you claim to do?How well are you doing it?What evidence do you have to
support your claim?
Bookend - MissionIntended Purpose (1.A and 1.B)
Contract with constituenciesPromise to studentsHonors diversity of institutionsJudge an institution in terms of its
own distinctive expectations of itself (targets, benchmarks, thresholds, accomplishments)
Mission – Intended Purpose
Core Theme 1
Objective 1
Indicator 1
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Generalized Mission Fulfillment Stated As Outcomes or Accomplishments
1.A.1
1.A.2
1.B.1
1.B.2
1.B.2
Bookend - Adaptation and Sustainability (5B)
Preserving infrastructural needs and distinctiveness in the face of a changing higher education context
StrengthsWeaknessesOpportunitiesThreats
Achievement of Core Theme
Objectives(Standard 4.B: Analysis and Reflection)
MissionFulfillment Adaptation(Standard 5:
Sustained Integrity)
Assessment of Core Theme Objectives
(Standard 4.A: Data
Collection)
Aligned Core Themes,
Objectives, Indicators
(Standard 1.B: Measures)
MissionStatement
And Benchmarks
(Standard 1.A: Intentions)
Planning and Resource Allocation
(Stds 2 and 3: Necessary
Conditions)
Where are we now in our Collective Responsibility as Higher Education
Institutions?
Assess and explicitly document achievement of intended institutional and student outcomes to substantiate claims of quality and effectiveness (mission fulfillment)
“Show Me” emphasis from constituents;NWCCU terminology - Culture of Evidence
YEAR SEVEN!
How do we know we are fulfilling our mission?
Skeptics question the validity of the quality (value added) of an institution based solely on intentions (mission and planning – Standards 1 and 3) and resources (inputs – Standard 2)
Evidence demanded for achievement of outcomes and incorporation of results for improvement upon mission fulfillment (Standards 4 and 5)
Clarity in Assessment (Evidence) Standard 4
Sense of purpose for assessment? Core Theme Outcome (objective) aligned with Mission
What is to be assessed? Data for Core Theme Indicators aligned with Core Theme Outcome (objectives)
How will results be used to determine degree of Mission Fulfillment – what is the feedback mechanism at an institutional level?
Lack of Clarity leads to beingDATA RICH and INFORMATION POOR, i.e., not
effective for assessing mission fulfillment
Clarity in Assessment Efforts:Improvement over Time (4.B)
Leads to ADAPTATIONand SUSTAINABILITY (5.B)
Preserved Infrastructure and Effective Processes
Monitoring and IdentifyingCurrent and emerging patternsTrendsRevising Expectations
Example of a Design – Standard 1
The Mission of the College is to foster student success among diverse learners to economically and culturally provide enrichment to our community.
Mission Fulfillment: Achieving an acceptable rate of success (72% in 2015) on the collective Core Theme Objectives.
Core Theme: Provide Workforce Development for our Community
An Example Continued: Standard 1
Core Theme: Workforce Development
Core Theme Objective 1: The majority of students of the technical programs will be prepared for entry level positions.
Core Theme Indicator 3: Graduates have passing scores on standard industry certification exams (a direct measure of the core theme objective)Benchmark: 90% pass rate among
students
An Example Continued: Resources Standards 2 and 3
Faculty develop student learning outcomes – programs and courses – to support the categories of knowledge required by the industry.
An Example Continued: Core Theme Specific Planning – Standards 2 and
3
The College’s strategic plan reviews emerging patterns of industry growth and particular demands in the region
The Workforce Development Core Theme Committee reviews employment and certification scores of students as compared to national averages, regional requirements, and by industry specialties
An Example Continued: Assessment and Improvement Processes – Standard 4
Program Director receives feedback from advisory committees reviews technical program outcomes in support of knowledge areas of industrial certification
Program Faculty adjust curricula to add student learning outcomes devoted to recent technological advances – a dedicated capstone project which contributes as another direct measure for future assessments (New Core Theme Objective Indicator #4 – or perhaps a replacement indicator determined more effective)
An Example Continued: Mission Fulfillment, Adaption, and Sustainability – Standard 5
The College achieves an acceptable 75% institutional success rate for its collective Core Theme Objectives including a specific objective of 84% passing rate for professional certification of students in technical programs
The institution engages its internal organizational structures and processes in assessing its potential and capacity, its planning efforts, and its environment with respect to the improvement of successful objectives as well as objectives not realized
Standards 3, 4, and 5 in Review: Getting from here to therewith a Mission Roadmap
Indentifying an institution’s self-regulation planning, processes, and methodologies for establishing institutional integrity through evidence of mission fulfillment
In other words, linking to the language of the accreditation standards --
Standard ThreeFormative - Alignment
Standard 3 – Planning Institutional (3.A) and Core Themes (3.B)Appropriate Overlap of Strategic
Institutional (Comprehensive) Plans and Core Theme Planning
Where is assessment data planned for in the evaluation of mission fulfillment ?Standard 3.A.3 (strategic) and Standard 3.B.3 (core themes)
Standard FourDoes Clarity Exist?
Standard 4A – Assessment
Meaningful EvaluationFormalized documentation,
integration of evaluation with outcomes/intentions, student achievement, and resource allocation
Review of process, is it effective?
How do you know that your institution is effective in determining the extent of
mission fulfillment?
Standard 4.B – Improvements Are Made
Results of Assessment are fed back into informed planning, decision making, allocation of resources, capacity (Standard 4.B.1)
Results of Assessment are fed back into enhanced student learning achievement (Standard 4.B.2)
Standard FiveSummative – Mission Promise Kept
Sustained Over Time
Mission Fulfillment Adaptation and Sustainability
Core Theme Objectives Realized to a Sufficient Level
Infrastructure Preserved through Planning Efforts
Quality Education Outcomes – Value Added
Processes are Effective and Enhanced
To what extent? Monitoring Patterns, Trends, and Expectations
NWCCU Accreditation:“Getting There”
Assistance with Navigation toward
Institutional Destinations
Student Achievement With Institutional
Distinctiveness