How to Transform Insitutional Effectiveness
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Designing a Program Scorecard for Continuous Improvement
The purpose of an office of institutional effectiveness is to collect, manage and distribute evidential data that is used to inform decision-making. If the data is not...
4 Steps for Financial Viability When HEERF Grants Deplete
The current sustainability of higher education has been an uneasy topic for many in the industry over the past three years. With the unforeseeable challenges created by the...
5 Benefits of Shifting to an Accreditation & Assessment Platform
Institutions across the country are continually seeking ways to better capture assessment data, bring uniformity to their process, and make the results efficiently and...
Unpacking the New WASC Standards for Evidence-Based Improvement
Disjointed and hard-to-access data is one of the biggest challenges facing higher ed institutions today. Or is it an opportunity? Acknowledging your obstacles to centralize...
Four Assessment Trends in Higher Education
The word "Authentic" was selected as the 2023 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary; it was one of the most reviewed words in the dictionary's 500,000 entries....
MSCHE Revised Its Evidence Requirements—Are you ready?
In July 2023, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) launched its newly revised accreditation standards which explicitly call for more concrete evidence of...
Can Your Institution Withstand Shocks to the System? Accreditors Want You to Prove It
While higher ed is slowly bouncing back from the pandemic, adjusting to the ‘new normal’ remains a challenge. This is apparent in the ongoing exodus ofcollege president...
8 Ways to Make Your Self-Study Meaningful Beyond Accreditation
Self studies serve a number of important purposes besides reaccreditation. Taking a deeper dive into your institutional effectiveness and improvement data regularly can help...