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During my previous employment as an Accreditation Manager, there were many inquiries from students, faculty, and leadership about the work assignments and elements that make up an Office of Institutional Effectiveness. I could certainly inform them about the structure and operations within the Office for which I worked. However, if you sought out other higher …

Read moreOpportunities to Engage the Campus Community, Partners, and Stakeholders to Truly Demonstrate Institutional Effectiveness by Tyra Wheeler-Zubia

As higher education continues to address issues of accountability through its use of assessment to improve student learning and student success, there remains unequal achievement of student outcomes among minority student populations.  Explaining and addressing these inequities should involve the intentional collection of assessment data that specifically identifies the factors that explain these outcome differences. …

Read moreAssessment Inequity: Its Impact on Minority Student Success by Jerald Henderson, Ph.D., AHEE Board Member

In the forthcoming publication, Reinventing the Community College Business Model: Designing for Organizational Success, I encourage community colleges to develop and implement a business model designed to optimize the student value proposition – which includes both student learning and overall educational outcomes. This comprehensive, integrated operational framework is constructed from the well-established principles of value …

Read moreIntentional Redesign of the Community College Business Model and the Role of Integrated Institutional Effectiveness by Christopher Shults, Ph.D.

“We are not quite where we would like to be on assessment.” “We just recently had a change in Assessment Directors and we are re-doing our assessment system.”  Yes, I hear that more times than I care to count.  I’m a frequent peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission where nearly half of the comprehensive …

Read moreTwenty Years of Assessment—Where are We?

The Integrated Institutional Effectiveness Model – Evidence and Improvement Among the greatest resources available to an institution of higher education is information. This can and must include information about student learning and student success, however, simply gathering and inventorying data and information does not lead to an environment primed for continuous improvement. At its core, …

Read moreEnhancing Student Success in Colleges and Universities through an Integrated Institutional Effectiveness (IIE) Approach – Part #3 of 3 Christopher Shults, Ph.D

Enhancing Student Success in Colleges and Universities through an Integrated Institutional Effectiveness (IIE) Approach – Part #2 of 3 Christopher Shults, Ph.D The Integrated Institutional Effectiveness Model As noted in part one of this blog post series, AHEE represents the professionals and staff who lead offices responsible for the planning, assessment, evaluation, research, and accreditation …

Read moreEnhancing Student Success in Colleges and Universities through an Integrated Institutional Effectiveness (IIE) Approach – Part #2 of 3 Christopher Shults, Ph.D