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Institutional Effectiveness

purpose

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) supports the advancement of continuous improvement in the areas of administrative services, academics and student support services. This effort is facilitated through an ongoing cycle of systematic planning, assessment and revision that is both comprehensive and integrated. To that end, IE administers the following activities:

  • Academic Program Review
  • Educational Program Planning and Assessment
  • Liberal Arts Core (General Education) Planning and Assessment
  • Unit Action Planning and Assessment

These activities are designed to provide decision makers with the information needed to make informed decisions that advance the University鈥檚 mission.

2026-2027 Assessment Matrix and Timeline

The following is an overview of planning and assessment activities scheduled for the 2026-2027 Academic Year:

Item Due Date聽 Person Responsible聽 Submit To
2026-2027 Liberal Arts Core (General Education) Student Scores Fall – December 11, 2026
Spring – May 15, 2027
N/A A.B. White
APR Workshop September 10, 2026 Program Coordinators, IRPA n/a
APR, Draft December 4, 2026 Program Coordinators Dean
APR, Final January 8, 2027 Deans A.B. White
2026-2027 Educational Program Assessment Reports May 28, 2027 As Identified in Matrix A.B. White
2027-2028 Educational Program Assessment Plans May 28, 2027 As Identified in Matrix A.B. White
2026-2027 Unit Action Reports [Final] July 30, 2027 As Identified in Matrix A.B. White
2027-2028 Unit Action Plans [Final] July 30, 2027 As Identified in Matrix A.B. White

View the聽complete 2026-2027 Assessment Matrix and Timeline.

The following sections provide detail information and resources for planning and assessment activities administered by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW

Academic Program Review (APR) is a process of regular, systematic evaluation of academic programs at 快猫视频 (FHU). All academic programs offered by FHU are reviewed on a seven-year聽cycle. The purpose of this process is to enhance the quality of each program through an evaluation of how well it is accomplishing its mission and goals. Decision makers use the results to shape institutional goals, guide university planning, determine program directions, allocate resources and promote institutional effectiveness. The APR process includes five major steps: (1) initial planning, (2) self-study, (3) internal/external review, (4) discussion of findings and (5) a final report submitted to the Vice President of Academics. In consideration of the regular, systematic evaluation of programs that is mandated by specialized accreditations, the Vice President of Academics, at his or her discretion, may elect to modify the program review process for programs that have achieved such accreditations.

颁濒颈肠办听2026-2033 Academic Program Review Cycle聽to view the most recently published schedule.

The following programs have been scheduled for academic program review during the 2026-2027 Academic Year:

  • Music (B.A.)
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders (B.S.)
  • Psychology (B.S.)
  • Behavioral Health (D.B.H.)

The APR Workshop for program coordinators has been scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2026.

The following table identifies important dates in the APR process:

Item Due Date Person Responsible Submit To
APR Workshop September 10, 2026 Program Coordinator, IRPA n/a
APR, Draft December 4, 2026 Program Coordinators Dean
APR, Final January 8, 2027 Deans A.B. White

Please contact Mr. A.B. White to request a copy of the most recent APR template.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT

Educational programs at 快猫视频 (FHU) engage in an ongoing cycle of planning and assessment activities that are designed to continually improve upon student learning. Programs establish program-level student learning outcomes (SLOs) and develop assessment plans to measure student learning.

Annually, program coordinators review assessment results from the previous year and develop聽Educational Program Assessment Plans聽(EPAPs) for the upcoming year. These plans identify anticipated outcomes, pedagogical strategies and techniques to improve learning, and measurement tools for assessment. At the end of the academic year, assessment results are compiled and聽reported to the Office of Academics in the form of an聽Educational Program Assessment Report听(贰笔础搁蝉).

The assessment results contained in these reports are used to guide the development of the next EPAP, which facilitates an ongoing cycle of continuous improvement.

EPARs for the previous year and EPAPs for the upcoming year are due annually on June 1.

View the聽complete 2026-2027 Assessment Matrix and Timeline聽that identifies educational programs participating in the planning and assessment process.

Please contact Mr. A.B. White to request a copy of the EPAP/EPAR template.

LIBERAL ARTS CORE (GENERAL EDUCATION) PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT

The Liberal Arts Core (LAC) identifies the knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits-of-mind that 快猫视频 (FHU) aspires for its undergraduate students to obtain. The University鈥檚 general education requirements are embodied in the outcomes identified in the LAC. These Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) were crafted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Liberal Education and America鈥檚 Promise (LEAP) Initiative. According to LEAP, these outcomes are 鈥渆ssential鈥 to a liberal arts education. In addition, LEAP initiated the VALUE (Valid Assessment of Liberal Undergraduate Education) Initiative to facilitate the assessment of these ELOs. In collaboration with faculty across the country, rubrics were designed to assess student achievement across the four-year undergraduate experience. With permission from the AAC&U, FHU has modified these rubrics to align with is mission and goals for its general education program.

FHU has identified specific courses that serve as assessment endpoints in the LAC curriculum. Data collected from these assessments will be used to track student achievement over time. Academic leadership will review assessment results and recommend actions for improvement on an annual basis.

A total of six ELOs were adopted by the University to be assessed on an annual basis. The following table identifies each ELO and the course(s) where assessments will be administered.

Essential Learning Outcome (ELO) Assessment Endpoint
Creative Thinking ART 110 – Art Appreciation
MUS 110 – Music Appreciation
Critical Thinking HIS 222 – American History II
Ethical Reasoning and Action BIB/HUM 495 – Values in Human Thought & Action
Oral Communication COM 140 – Speech Communication
Quantitative Literacy MAT 235 – Introductory Statistics
Written Communication ENG 102 – English Comp II

In the above table, click on the ELO name to view FHU鈥檚 modified VALUE rubric.

View the聽complete 2026-2027 Assessment Matrix and Timeline.

VALUE rubrics reprinted with permission from 鈥淰ALUE: Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education.鈥澛 Copyright 2018 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.聽.

Unit Planning and Assessment

快猫视频 (FHU) has implemented a Unit Action Planning and Assessment process that facilitates continuous improvement efforts among Administrative, Academic and Student Support Services units. For this process, a unit is defined as a division, center, or office identified on the University鈥檚聽Functional Organizational Chart. Each unit is responsible for creating a聽Unit Action Plan聽at the beginning of the academic year that identifies objectives, planned actions and anticipated outcomes in support of the University鈥檚 strategic plan. At the end of the academic year, each unit develops a聽Unit Action Report聽that summarizes actual results achieve by the unit in relation to the objectives outlined in the original unit plan. These results are used to guide the development of unit plans for the upcoming academic year, thereby facilitating a cycle of continuous improvement.

颁濒颈肠办听full report to view the complete 2026-2027 Assessment Matrix and Timeline that identifies units participating in the unit planning and assessment process.

Please contact Mr. A.B. White to request a copy of the Unit Action Plan/Report template.