Committees on Assessment

CORE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE (CAC) oversees the development and assessment of the core curriculum learning outcomes assessment and utilizes the results to improve teaching and learning.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT TEAM (SLOAT) oversees the development and implementation of an institution-wide process that assesses the achievement of learning outcomes at the program level and utilizes the results of the assessments to improve teaching and learning.

IMPROVING THROUGH METHODICAL PRACTICES IN ASSESSMENT TO CHANGE AND TRANSFORM (IMPACT) oversees the development and implementation of administrative department and unit level assessment processes to evaluate their success and effectiveness and utilizes the results to make continuous improvements.

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGET COMMITTEE (SPBC) oversees the assessment of the goals and objectives of the University’s strategic plan and maintains data on key performance indicators (KPIs), such as enrollment, graduation rates, student engagement levels, and financial responsibility scores.

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE (IEC) guides the development, implementation and assessment of a comprehensive model to determine how well Saint Peter’s University is achieving its mission and goals. The IEC is charged with coordinating a systematic and structured process for evaluating the University’s overall institutional effectiveness in student learning, both in the core curriculum and academic programs; in academic, student and administrative support programs and services; and in the strategic plan. Institutional effectiveness initiatives are further advanced by the processes of academic program review, regional and specialty accreditations, mandatory external reporting, institutional performance metrics, and regular evaluation of strategic goals and objectives.

Assessment plans and implementation reports are available on the University Intranet.