Institutional Research & Assessment

Step 4: Areas of Evaluation

• Assess demographics (includes external reports) and student development
• Educational development
• Class characteristics
• Student characteristics
• Enrollment trends
• Salaries, Tenure and Benefits
• Institutional statistics
• Program demand
• Graduation rates
• Finances
• Financial Aid
• Assess learning outcomes at SUU
• General education
• Cognitive achievement in the major
• Unit-based measures of achievement
• Assess satisfaction outcomes
• Personal goal attainment
• College performance
• Exit/withdrawal causes
• Faculty & staff recruitment & retention
• Assess academic processes
• Advising
• Grading
• Scheduling and use of instructional space
• Engagement of students in academic practices
• Freshman retention
• Scholarly output
• Transfer student retention and graduation
• Faculty workload
• Library comparisons
• Instructional staff database reconciliation
• Academic program reviews
• Teaching evaluations
• Assess post-graduation outcomes
• Graduate attitudes
• Alumni satisfaction
• Career placement
• ATE career placement
• Employer attitudes
• Assess planning, costs and benefits
• Strategic planning
• Campus master planning
• Performance indicators
• Public perceptions
• Technology needs
• Cost/benefit comparisons
• Accreditation self-studies
• Athletics certification self-studies
• Capital planning and budgeting
• Comparable Compensation Analyses
• Cost Studies
• Endowment pool and investments
• Financial reports
• Financial studies

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