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Assessment, Compliance, and Institutional Effectiveness: Tennessee State University’s Model. G. Pamela Burch-Sims, Ph.D. and Peck-Chong Liew, Ed.D . Tennessee State University. Goals. Issues related to accreditation
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Assessment, Compliance, and Institutional Effectiveness:Tennessee State University’s Model G. Pamela Burch-Sims, Ph.D. and Peck-Chong Liew, Ed.D. Tennessee State University
Goals • Issues related to accreditation • Defining expected outcomes based on mission, vision, and core values of the institution • Implementing and documenting the process for assessing expected outcomes that demonstrative evidence of student learning and institutional effectiveness
Overview • Implementation of Tennessee State University’s collaborative planning and assessment model • Integration of Title III programmatic management and funding into the university’s planning cycle • Utilization of a uniform six-step assessment and improvement process • Utilization of a university-wide online system for monitoring and reporting assessment and improvement relating to the university’s mission and strategic plan • Guided Interactive Activity
Interrelationship Among TnState Plans Complete College Tennessee Act 2010 Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Mission Scholarly Inquiry • Research •Lifelong Learning •Service TSU Academic Master Plan TSU Strategic Plan Title III Comprehensive Development Plan University Assessment and Improvement Plan
Interrelationship between Institutional Effectiveness and the Title III Comprehensive Development Plan SACSCOC CR 2.5 CS 3.3.1 TSU Academic Master Plan THEC Performance Funding Goals TBR Strategic Plan Mission Scholarly Inquiry Research Lifelong Learning Service • TSU Strategic Plan 2015 • Access and Diversity • Academic Quality and Student Success • Business Friendly Practices • Revenue Generation/Research/Resourcefulness • Engagement KPIs University Assessment and Improvement Plan
Administrative Arrangement and Infrastructure • Prior to the establishment of the Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment (IPA ) office in 2010, structural challenges had hampered comprehensive assessment and planning efforts at the institution • Implementation and maintenance responsibilities for planning and assessment are carried out through the University Strategic Planning Council (USPC) and the University Assessment and Improvement Council (UAIC) • A uniform six-step assessment and improvement process is in place at the university, requiring campus units to align their strategic plans to the University Strategic Plan 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Title III focus on TSU|2015 Key Performance Indicators • KPI 1: Access and Diversity • Activity 1: Strengthening Institutional Management and Infrastructural Support • KPI 2: Academic Quality and Student Success • Activity 2: Enhancing Student Success Consortium • Activity 3: Academic Collaborative: Enhancing Undergraduate Education through Innovative Technologies • Activity 4: Strengthening the Capacity to Improve Academic Quality • KPI 3: Business-Friendly Practices • KPI 4: Revenue Generation/ Research/ Resourcefulness • Activity 1: Strengthening Institutional Management and Infrastructural Support
Activity 1: Strengthening Institutional Management and Infrastructural Support • Three interrelated undertakings comprise this activity: • Program Administration • Endowment • Construction
Activity 2: Enhancing Student Success Consortium • Six major multi-disciplinary, intra-divisional units collaborated to construct this Initiative
Activity 3: Academic Collaborative: Enhancing Undergraduate Education through Innovative Technologies • Enhancing undergraduate education through innovative technologies describes five innovative, technology-intensive components.
Activity 4: Strengthening the Capacity to Improve Academic Quality This activity encompasses five major areas • QEP • Planning and Assessment • Service Learning & Civic Engagement • Faculty Support • Library
Hands-On Activity • A Guided Interactive Group Activity
Contact Information Dr. G. Pamela Burch-Sims, Director Title III/ Institutional Effectiveness & Research/ Accreditation Liaison 615.963.7043 psims@tnstate.edu Dr. Peck-Chong Liew, Research Analyst/Program Evaluation Title III Program Administration 615.963.7050 pliew@tnstate.edu Tennessee State University 3500 John A Merritt Blvd Nashville, Tennessee 37209 615.963.5661