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It is worth noting that the SACSCOC principles do not require that administrative departments provide evidence of seeking improvement. Administrative support services may find success in articulating standards of performance/service (outcomes) and consistently achieving them. Likewise, administrative departments may demonstrate compliance with SACSCOC expectations for outcomes assessment via well-designed planning objectives with clear outcomes (via PACE planning) and/or performance-focused outcomes (via PACE assessment).
See Appendix 1 for lists of EMU’s academic programs and services and its administrative departments as identified for PACE assessment purposes.
Assessment Timeline and Data Collection Cycles
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- Fall Semester - Collection of data from fall courses/activities as per program/department assessment cycle requirements; survey administration per university survey calendar
- Spring Semester - Collection of data from fall courses/activities as per program/department assessment cycle requirements; survey administration per university survey calendar
- April - September - Window for data analysis and outcomes assessment reporting in SPOL
- Summer - Collection of data from summer courses/activities as needed
- August - September - Develop assessment follow-up planning objectives for upcoming year to seek improvement in student learning on the basis of assessment findings
Special Considerations
It is important to note that academic programs and services and administrative departments need not collect and analyze data for each of its outcomes every year. A program/department may develop a multi-year (ideally 2-4 year) cycle over which it assesses each of its outcomes. Such a cycle allows for data collection over multiple years, and allows programs/departments to provide more focused attention on a subset of their outcomes in any given year. Beginning with the rollout of the updated academic program review cycle in 2020-21, academic programs are expected to have collected and analyzed data for each student learning outcome at least twice between each program review. See below for further details on program review.
Further, in order to ensure the sustainability and validity of assessment, small academic programs may opt to extend assessment data collection over several years in order to achieve adequate sample sizes to support analysis. Programs that opt for this approach should collect data for all outcomes each year, but may still focus on analysis of results for a subset of student learning outcomes each year.
PACE - Executive Reporting
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In addition to the PACE process, all academic programs that do not undergo an external accreditation review are reviewed on a six-year cycle (adapted as-needed to specific program considerations). See Appendix 2 for more details on the review process. See the Program Review Cycle for details on when each program is reviewed. This comprehensive review is conducted by a faculty task force, overseen by the provost council and includes consideration of:
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- Present a table listing the current number of students within each major and minor in the program cluster. Comment on whether these numbers are increasing, decreasing, or holding steady over the past 10 years (or so). [IR will provide a 5-10 year history of majors and minors within the program cluster.]
- Provide the number of degrees awarded in the past five years. [IR will provide a 5+ year history of the number of degrees awarded.]
- Describe post-baccalaureate or post-program completion pursuits of graduates of the program cluster. [IR will provide overall survey results from the most recent alumni survey for the program cluster’s graduates. IR will also provided data on graduate outcomes based on the first-destination and career services follow-up surveys.]
- Provide information on the cost of the program per student credit hour. [IR will provide data, including benchmarks when available.]
D. Resources
- Assess classroom and laboratory equipment and facilities, studio facilities, etc. [IR will provide data on associated classroom, lab and office square footage]
- Evaluate external resources utilized by the program cluster: grants, contracts, service fees, other.
- Evaluate technology available.
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