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

1. Implementation of Tennessee State University’s collaborative planning and assessment model

2. Integration of Title III programmatic management and funding into the university’s planning cycle

3. Utilization of a uniform six-step assessment and improvement process

4. Utilization of a university-wide online system for monitoring and reporting assessment and improvement relating to the university’s mission and strategic plan

5. Guided Interactive Activity

Interrelationship Among TnState Plans

Complete College Tennessee Act 2010

MissionScholarly Inquiry • Research • Lifelong

Learning • Service

MissionScholarly Inquiry • Research • Lifelong

Learning • Service

TSU Academic Master Plan

TSU Strategic Plan

Title III Comprehensive Development Plan

Tennessee Higher Education

Commission (THEC)

Tennessee Higher Education

Commission (THEC)

Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)

Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)

University Assessment and

Improvement Plan

University Assessment and

Improvement Plan

MissionScholarly Inquiry Research

Lifelong Learning Service

MissionScholarly Inquiry Research

Lifelong Learning Service

Interrelationship between Institutional Effectiveness and the Title III Comprehensive Development Plan

SACSCOC CR 2.5 CS 3.3.1

TSU Strategic Plan 2015•Access and Diversity•Academic Quality and Student Success•Business Friendly Practices•Revenue Generation/Research/Resourcefulness•Engagement

KPI

s

TSU Academic Master Plan

TSU Academic Master Plan

TBR Strategic PlanTBR Strategic Plan

University Assessment and

Improvement Plan

University Assessment and

Improvement Plan

THEC Performance Funding Goals

THEC Performance Funding Goals

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 AdministrationEndowmentConstruction

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

1. QEP

2. Planning and Assessment

3. Service Learning & Civic

Engagement

4. Faculty Support

5. Library

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Uniform Assessment Process

Online Reporting System

Online Reporting System

Online Reporting System

Online Reporting System

Online Reporting System

Online Reporting System

Title III Progress Reporting

Title III Progress Reporting

Hands-On Activity• A Guided Interactive Group Activity

Q & A

Contact Information

Dr. G. Pamela Burch-Sims, DirectorTitle 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 University3500 John A Merritt Blvd

Nashville, Tennessee 37209615.963.5661