Institutional Effectiveness (IE)

Institutional Effectiveness is integrated with strategic planning to provide a top-down and a bottom-up approach. In the top-down process, senior university administrators identify short-term and long-term initiatives that should be addressed university wide. These top-down directives are circulated to all units to be incorporated into all IE plans. In the bottom-up process, the IE Committee evaluates plans to determine whether funding is involved and identifies items for budget consideration.

Phase Two focuses on reviewing the end-of-year IE assessment reports. In this phase, a program or office measures itself and assesses its progress towards reaching its stated goals and objectives. IE Plans and Assessment reports are stored in SharePoint Institutional Effectiveness Committee. Your faculty/staff password is required for SharePoint. Phase Three includes the review by the IE Committee of the assessments and proposed new plans with a summary report to the Provost.

2011-2012 Cycle

• October 15, 2011: Assessments for 2010-2011 due
• November 15, 2011: Plans for 2011-2012 due
• May 15, 2012: Reminder from Provost
• June 1, 2012: Committee reviews of assessments and plans due
• September 1, 2012: IE Committee Chair’s report due

2012-2013 Cycle

• October 15, 2012: Assessments for 2011-2012 due
• November 15, 2012: Plans for 2012-2013 due
• February 13, 2013: Committee begins review process
• May 15, 2013: Reminder from Provost
• May 15, 2013: Committee reviews of assessments and plans due
• July 1, 2013: IE Committee Chair's report due

IE Orientation Workshop materials

Orientation for administrators who are responsible for institutional effectiveness/strategic plans. University-wide themes include Strengthening the Academic Programs, Student Enrollment, Retention and Graduation Rates, Percentage of Out-of-State and International Students, Faculty Recruitment and Retention, Community Service, Campus Rebuilding, Technology, and Customer Service.

Resources:

General Announcement "Closing the Loop"
Understanding IE Process(ppt)
Plan Review Criteria
Assessing Assessment
Primer for Using IE's SharePoint Area

Below are templates in pdf format - Word documents that can be edited are available from IE's Sharepoint.

• Academic IE Plan Template
• Non_Academic Unit IE Plan Template
• IE Assessment Template (for both Academic and Non-Academic)

Contact: assessment@uno.edu