Institutional Effectiveness
Academic Assessment
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As outlined in Section 8 of the SACSCOC Resource Manual, student learning and student success are at the core of the mission of all institutions of higher learning. Effective institutions focus on the design and improvement of educational experiences to enhance student learning and support student learning outcomes for its educational programs. The University of Southern Mississippi conducts annual assessments of its academic programs, certificates, minors, and general education curriculum courses. Faculty within the University’s four academic, degree-granting colleges, complete these annual assessments and record results and analysis in Weave.
Academic assessment reports are reviewed on a bi- or tri- annual basis by subcommittees of the Undergraduate and Graduate Councils. The review schedule can be found here.
All AY 2023-2024 reports are due on September 1, 2024.
- Program-Level Report Quick Instructions
- Program-level Report Detailed Guidelines
- Annual Program and Action Plan Analysis template
- Program-Level Compliance Rubric
- Certificate & Minor Report Quick Instructions
- Certificate & Minor Report Detailed Guidelines
- Certificate & Minor Compliance Rubric
- New Program Coordinator Orientation 2023-2024 Slides
- New Program Coordinator Orientation Video
- ABET: Do Grades Make the Grade for Program Assessment?
- Bloom's Taxonomy for SLOs
- Combining Graduate-level Academic Assessment Reports Policy
- Faculty First Week: Presentation on Assessment
- Faculty First Week (2023): Strengthening Our Core (GEC 04 & GEC 05 Panels) Notes
- Faculty First Week (2023): Program Coordinator 101
- Measures and Targets (Examples)
- Student Learning Outcomes (Examples)
- Weigh Pig, Feed Pig, Weigh Pig