ERIC ED370503: A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement 1994.

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A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and
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Institutional Improvement 1994.
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools,
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Chicago, IL. Commission on Institutions of Higher
Education.
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275p.; For 1993 version, see ED 356 712. Papers
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Academic Achievement; Accreditation (Institutions);
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College Administration; College Planning; Colleges;
*Educational Improvement; Faculty Development; Higher
Education; *Institutional Evaluation; Partnerships in
Education; Program Effectiveness; *Self Evaluation
Technology; Universities
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ABSTRACT
This publicaticn contains 54 papers on self-study and
improvement in institutions of higher education, particularly those
institutions associated with the North Central Association of
Colleges and Schools. The papers are grouped under 10 topic headings.
(1) four papers on seeking initial
These chapters include:
affiliation, candidacy, and accreditation with the commission;
(2)
nine papers on the role and the responzibilities of the self-study
(3) six papers on the special challenges and
coordinator;
opportunities presented by self-study and evaluation;
(4) fourteen
papers on the assessment of student academic achievement; (5) six
papers on general education and faculty development evaluation;
(6)
(7) three papers on
two papers on organization and management issues;
(8) five papers on collaborative programs;
educational planning;
(9)
four papers on technology issues; and (10) one paper on the
effectiveness of per
review.
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A COLLECTION OF PAPERS
ON SELF-STUDY AND
INSTITUTIONAL IMPROVEMENT
1994
Prepared for the program of the
Commission On Institutions of Higher Education
at the ninety-ninth Annual Meeting of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
March 27-29, 1994
in Chicago, Illinois
Si
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
COMMISSION ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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1994
The papers included in this collection offer the iewpoints of their authors.
The Commission highly recommends them for study and for the advice
they contain. hut none represent official Commission directions, rules, or
0 Entire contents copyright 1994 h!, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Schocils. Additional copies of this document can he
ordered from: North Central Association, 159 N. Dearborn, Chicago IL NMI
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Contents
FORE:WORD
SEEKING INITIAL. AFFILIATION WITH THE COMMISSION
Considering AffiliationA Case Study
Wayne Busch and Cindi Thiede
3
The Changing Candidacy Program
6
June Prince
Transition and Achievement of NCA Candidacy Status: Experience of a
Single Purpose College
Sharon Pontious, Verna Hendricks-Ferguson. Nancy Kuhrik
9
From Candidacy um Accreditation: Assuring Continued Excellence
William Guerriero
14
19
THE ROLE ANIL RESPONSIBILITIES M THE SELF-STUDY COORDINATOR
College-Wide Participative Self-Study
A
Yolanda M. Anderson and Beth Price
21
The Two Elements That Made All the Difference
26
Katherine Kemling.
Survival Hints.for Hu' Newly-Appointed Self-Study Coordinator
29
Marilyn Nelsen Can )11
Congratulations! You're Our Self-Study Coordinator.' Why Me! What Do I
Do Nimw:'
Albert
14
Lynd
Using Ow Self-Study aml Institutional Assessment to hieilitate Positive
Institutional Change
David E. Leas and Fred Lillihridge
NCA Self-Study to an Atrium! Planning Process
Linking
40
Mary Odile C'ahoon and Daniel H. Pilon
University Self-Study: Ownership and Analysis
44
Galen K. Pletcher
Campas.for the
The Finishimo; Touch: Preparing flu' Report. the Staff and flu'
'iviting Team
49
Frank Wright and C'arolyn Fit/morris
5
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The Leap
Faith in institutional Elfrctiveness Assessment: Rediscovering
al
Process
Brian Nedwek
53
III
59
SELF-STUDY AND EVALUATION: SPECIAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
The Self-Study Editing CommitteeNot Just .for Commas Anymore!
Sally Foster Wallace and Donald M. Nolen
61
The Sell:Study as an Electronic Document: Taking Advantage of Teclundogy
David G. Clark
65
The Special Emphasis Option.for Focused hnprovement
Dianne Cyr
71
I3uilding a Self :Study around Special Emphase.-
Peter M. Hutchinson
78
The Mandated Focused Evaluation: Tams/arming Institutional Crisis into
Institution-Wide Success
Lynn Priddy Rozumalski and Adrian Lorhetske
84
A cereditation Factors Unicpte to Tribal Colleges
Wallace B. Appelson and Martha McLeod
90
IV
ASSESSING STUDEN F ACIDENIIC ACHIEVEMENT
95
htculty-Designed Assessment Straiegies
Cynthia M. Heelan and Kathy Nelson
97
Assessment to I;Jfect Positive Change
Usn,g
Tanya Pitzer. Sharon Nickell. Vicki Wheeler
104
Assessment of Student Academic Achievement: Development and Implemen-
tation of Successfid Strategies
H. Marie Suthers
108
1 IL. Assessment Learning PrWC.Vs: LessonS for LibMul Ara Colleges
Nelson E. Bingham and Len Clark
114
Developing the Assesvment Plan at a State University: Strategies and
Lcs.soliv Learned
Daniel R. Rice and James I,arson
120
Commitment to Academic Integrity thwugh a Graduate PerlOnnance Guatantee
I.inda Avant and 1.arry Davis
127
Success: Evaluating the College Alission through Assessing
hulicators
al
Institutional Outcome.%
Jeff Hockaday and Philip J. Silvers
131
integrating the Plan for Assessment into Overall InAlitutioluil Effectiveness:
Lessons Leamed/Obstatles Ovewome
Patricia Skinner, Jack Krim( fen. Marsha I3ordner. and Betty Dooley
137
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"...You Might Not Get There": Cyclic Program Review as a Means gl
Assessing Accomplishment of Institutional Purposes and of Effecting
Institutional Improvement
144
Douglas Steeples
Assessing Academic Achievement of Graduate Students
147
Patricia Murphy
Assessment of Adult Degree Program Students at Capital University
Albert Maag and Richard Schalinske
150
Why Don't Students Come to Class? An Assessment Model That Answers the
Questions
156
Anita Gandolfo
The Social Science Assessment Test at Shawnee State University
160
Anthony J. Dzik
Data Linking: A Model of Student Outcomes Assessment
Liz Sanders and John Burton
164
V.
SPECIAL Focus ON GENERAL EDUCATION AND FAci'ury DEVELOPMENT
169
AND EVALUATION
General Education in Career Curricula
Carolyn Prager
171
An Integrated Approach to General Education in Certificate and Associate
Programs
Jack Barden. Bev Huber, and Mikiel Ottmar
175
General Education: Goals, Design, and Assessment
Dennis Leavens. Candace Young, Garry Gordon. Stuart Vorkink.
Kevin Easley, and Jack Magruder
181
Believing is Seeing: A System Approach to the Evalaution of Instruction by
Studtnts
188
Norine J. Domenico
Creative Faculty Development in Time.% ofDiminishing Resources
Don Meyer 192
Institutional Efiectiveness: Faculty and Staff Development as a Part of Keeping
Abreast of Trends and Meeting the Changing Needs of Higher Education
199
Richard Humphrey
203
VI.
SPWIAL Focus ON ORGANIZATION/N1ANAGEMENT
Non-Adv('rAarial Problem-Solving ProcesA
Target Specific Negotiations:
that Works
205
James l). Backlund and Katherine A. Grosser
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Leadership for the 21st Century: Assessing Needs, Developing Models
Nancy Sederberg
211
VII.
215
SPECIAL. Focus ON PI.ANNING
Planning: The Key to Effective Use of Resources
Daniel J. LaVista, Julie Weissman, and Donald R. Holland
217
A Look at Strategic Planning in a SelPStudy
Ivan Frick
220
Strategic Planning into the 21st Century
Loma R. Meyer
224
229
VIII. SPECIAL. Focus ON COLLABORATIONS
The Decade of the Consumer in Higher Education
David Justice
231
High School-College Partnerships
Virginia Kampwerth
237
Vocational Technical Insthaions and a Career Ladder to Baccalaureate
Degrees
Rita Meyer. Dennis Cabral, and Judith Neppel
240
Higher Education and Business Involvement: A Win-Win Opportunity
Lucille G. Ford
245
ACE's Progam on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction
E. Nelson Swinerton. Ivan J. Lach. and John C. Wilkinson
250
253
IX.
SPECIAL Focus ON TECHNOLOGY
Mobile ComputingReducing Time and Space Barriers
Donald Sargeant
255
Quality Education through Interactive Instructional Television: Some
Guidelines Pr Evaluators
David L. CatTey
261
Rogers State College and the Electronic University Network
Richard H. Mosier and James Hess
265
The Challenge of Meeting Accreditation Standards in an Institution Employ-
ing an Interactive Distance Learning Component
Roger Wess
268
273
TILE EFFECHVENESS OF PEER REVIESS
X.
Is Accreditation Working? Tlw Results of the Assesssment of the Effectiveness
of Regional Accreditation in the New England Region
Lynette Robinson-Weening and Charles Cook
275
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Foreword
The Commission has again invited speakers for the Annual Meeting of the Commission
their oral
on Institutions of Higher Education to provide written materials related to
presentations. These papers are presented in A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and
Institutional Improvement, 1994.
This tenth publication of our Annual Meeting papers continues to meet the standard of
excellence set in previous editions, with contributions from representatives from a broad
spectrum of institutions of many types and degree levels and institutions at varied stages in
their development. The writers show impressive understanding of critical issues facing their
and views
campuses. and they are generous in sharing what they have learned. The comments
of the authors represent a wide range of opinions guaranteed to be stimulating and helpful to
those engaged in institutional self-study and evaluation and those with general concerns
about institutional improvement. I am impressed once again by the commitment of represen-
tatives of our member institutions to the work of the Commission, as exemplified by these
papers.
Chapter I, Seeking Initial Affiliation with the Commission, describes experiences of
representatives of institutions moving from candidacy to accreditation. Chapter II offers a
significant number of papers on The Role and Responsibilities of the Self-Study Coordinator
from a wide variety of institutions. Chapter III focuses on special challenges and opportuni-
tiesthe special emphasis option. the importance of editing the self-study, the self-study as
an electronic document, and the mandated focused evaluation.
Chapter IV includes an array of papers on successful strategies for the assessment of student
academic achievement in a variety of institutional settings. The papers in Chapter V address
general education/faculty development and evaluation.
Chapters VI, VII, VIII. and IX focus on organization/management, planning, collaborations,
and technology. Chapter X addresses the effectiveness of peer review, reporting the results
of the assessment of the effectiveness of regional accreditation in the New England region.
As I read these papers. I was struck by the creative and effective efforts of individuals from
and assessment as a way to
so many institutions to usc institutional self-study, evaluation,
bring about genuine improvement in their institutions. You will find these papers varied and
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V.
substantive, timely and instructive. This 1994
demonstrates again why
Collection of Papers
the
Collection
has become an invaluable resource to all who are engaged in institutional
evaluation. What is most satisfying about these contributions is that they come from the
Commission's membership and are based on direct experience in self-study and institutional
improvement. These papers reinforce the characterization of the Commission as an "uncom-
mon alliance" in which the representatives of our member institutions are significant teachers
of the evaluation/accreditation process.
Because we have learned that previous collections have been useful to those not attending the
Annual Meeting as a significant supplement to Commission's official publications on self-
study and evaluation. the Commission will make this volume available by mail so long as the
supply lasts. We invite those of you who use this collection as a part of your self-study and
institutional improvement efforts to send us your comments about its value to you, and we
welcome your suggestions for future topics for the publication and the Annual Meeting
program.
Patricia A. Thrash
Executive Director
NCA Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
March I. 1994
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