Institutional Assessment Committee
Minutes January 24, 2002

Institutional A
In attendance: Elizabeth Evenson, Diane Wolter, Dennis Jacobs, Janet Haak Aarness, Les Bakke, JoDee Haugrud, Helen Lipson, Lee Dexter, Judy Peterson, Karen Mehnert-Meland, Lisa Stewart, September Luitjens, Willie Hallford

1. Approved Minutes from December 13, 2001

2. Assigned Minute Takers for Spring Semester 2002:

1.24.02  September Luitjens                                   3.21.02  JoDee Haugrud
2.07.02  Janet Haak Aarness                                  4.04.02  Elizabeth Evenson.
2.21.02    Diane Wolter                                            4.18.02  Dennis Jacobs
3.07.02  Karen Mehnert-Meland                            5.02.02  Les Bakke

3. On-line Survey Policies and Procedures

Les Bakke- in addition to the Draft, procedures are as follows…

1. Interested persons create own survey on-line.

2. Submit to IAC subcommittee for approve, at which time editing options become unavailable. If re-advising needed, survey sent back.

3. Subcommittee brings approved survey to IAC for final approval.

4. This subcommittee consists of ...Lisa Stewart, Jodi Haugrud, Dennis Jacobs, Janet Haak Arness and Lee Dexter.  Nonvoting members:  Les Bakke and Willie Hallford.  Official operating procedures will be brought to next IAC meeting, Feb. 7, 2002.

4.  Department Effectiveness Plans

• The following surveys are planned for use…NSSI, Noel Levitz (employee), Noel Levitz (student), and Senior Survey

• Departments should propose content of senior survey pertaining to their department

• Budgeting for surveys to be determined, Karen suggested that funding for all the surveys come from the same fund rather than each group funding their own, which could cause inconsistency

• Surveys run every two years except the Senior Survey which is annual

• The commercial surveys will have consequences for University budgets.  Lee Dexter will consult with the vice presidents to set the schedule for using those surveys.

5. Assessing Academic Departments

• Karen offered some guidance for departments in developing effectiveness plan from an article in NAFSA.

1. Senior Survey
   Try an on-line version, past response rate has been very poor.  Academic departments should address particular questions from the Senior Survey in setting their Departmental goals.  This is not enough in regards to Institutional Biennial Reports since only the senior students are being incorporated into departmental effectiveness, so suggested by Willie to include other student surveys, possible freshman survey.  Make sure to keep Student Learning Outcomes separate from Institutional Effectiveness, this can be accomplished by including examples of goals. 

Karen and Willie proposed subcommittee to revise Senior Survey…Les Bakke, Willie Hallford, Karen Mehnert-Meland, Diane Wolter, and September Luitjens