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Goals
1. External Reporting
Federal and state agencies as well as national publications and organizations
will receive accurate information in the timeframe requested or required
by law.
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All external stakeholders will receive accurate information in the timeframe specified.
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Internal reports will use data from required external reports as much as is possible.
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Internal and external constituencies will understand important issues related to reporting institutional data.
2. Internal Reporting
Campus units and internal constituencies will receive regular reports
about institutional data and use this information to inform programmatic
changes.
- Academic and non-academic personnel will know what kinds of data and resources are available through the IE Office.
- Campus constituencies will use static reports (fact book, CDS, PacerDash) to gather needed and useful institutional information.
- Campus constituencies will use dynamic reporting tools developed and maintained by the IE Office to monitor enrollment and assessment data.
- Campus leaders will develop indicators and metrics for the institution and monitor these through resources provided by the IE Office.
3. Assessment
Academic and administrative units will engage in sound research-based
assessment practices and use findings for improvement as required by SACS.
- Faculty will have identified learning outcomes for all degree programs and general education and staff and administrators will have identified outcomes for all co-curricular programs and administrative units.
- Faculty and staff will use research-based assessment practices that collect and analyze quantitative and/or qualitative data about their programs.
- Faculty and staff will make programmatic changes and request resources based on findings from their research-based assessment program.
- The internal and external community will know about and understand assessment successes by means of presentations and publications.
4. Research
Internal and external constituencies will know and understand more about
USC Aiken, student performance, and institutional effectiveness as a result
of research activities undertaken by the IE Office.
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Campus constituencies will receive an annual report on retention of first-year students and use results for improvements.
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Faculty and staff will use meaningful surveys and other research instruments linked to outcomes as part of their assessment activities.
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Administrative and academic units will receive research reports as requested and use results to improve the effectiveness of their areas and programs.