Institutional Effectiveness Team Meeting

September 20, 2010 @ 1:30 PM

Academic Affairs Conference Room

INVITEES / ATTENDEES (IE Team):Shawn Brayton, Peter Braza, Pam Chally, Lucy Croft, Larry Daniel, Imeh Ebong, Mark Falbo, Faith Hall, Shirley Hallblade, Barbara Hetrick, Marianne Jaffee, Deb Kaye, Patrick Plumlee, Len Roberson, Adam Shapiro, Shari Shuman, Lance Taylor, Mark Workman

ChairWorkman called meeting to order at 1:35 pm.

Discussion regarding IE Team responsibilities

Chair Workman opened the meeting with a discussion about the original purpose of the IE Committee as the leadership team for the preparation of the Compliance Report for the SACS ten-year review.

At this time, the main responsibility of the IE Team is to provide input and reaction to the following documents/activities:

1)SACS accreditation requirement (Fifth-year Interim Report)

2)TracDat software implementation for strategic planning

3)BOG Report (annual report highlighting the institution-specific goals and what we propose to contribute) and the Strategic Planning workplan (matrix)

Shawn Brayton then gave a more detailed report regarding the SACS Fifth-Year Interim Report as well as the implementation of the strategic planning software component included in the TracDat software. A handout was provided for all team members that outlined the abbreviated compliance certification required in the SACSFifth-Year Interim Report.

SACS Five-Year Report (Interim Report)

The SACS Fifth-Year Interim Report handout applies to all institutions reaffirmed during2005-2009. Core requirement 2.8, which asks for the number of full-time faculty, will need to be addressed differently in the Fifth-Year Report because the roster of instructional faculty will not be prepared and submitted. One approach (taken by other institutions) is to provide a spreadsheet by department identifying the percentage of student credit hours taught by full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and graduate teaching assistants since the 2009 reaffirmation. We should identify departments that do not fall within UNF’s articulated goal of a 75/25 split of full-time/part-time faculty teaching percentages and craft a narrative of compliance addressing percentages falling short of this split.

Another aspect of the Fifth-Year review process is the review of off-campus sites initiated since 2009. It is quite possible that SACS will want to visit the institutions affiliated with our consortium programs (i.e., GlobalMBA, Ibero-American MBA, and any others added between now and then).

The QEP Impact Report will be submitted along with the Fifth-Year Interim Report.

The current timeline is

NEXT REAFFIRMATION IN 2019

(Usually last reaffirmed in 2009) Description of Activity / Track B
Institutions receive Notification Letter from the President of the Commission on Colleges / April 25, 2014
Due date for Fifth-Year Interim Report / March 25, 2015
Review by the Commission on Colleges / June 2015

TracDat Software – Implementation and Support

The Assessment Software Evaluation Team (ASSET) is currently negotiating with Nuventive for the purchase of TracDat which includes the following components: assessment; strategic planning; ePortfolio; a free product called Insight, which helps with preparation of the SACS report. The strategic planning portion of this software would be used by the entire university whereas the assessment portion would only be used in an academic context. e-Portfolio will be important for both Academic and Student Affairs. If the negotiations go well for UNF, acquisition of the software should occur by the end of the fall 2010 semester.

UNF needs to identify a small, representative group of all units/departments to discuss the implementation of strategic planning using the TracDat software. This committee will be established and begin to meet soon in order to shape our implementation expectations. The group will need identify and outline divisional and departmental expectations based on each unit’s planning requirements.

Other Issues

  • The BOG mandated Annual Report will be due in mid-November with BOT approval required by January.
  • IE Team to reconvene in several weeks (mid-October) with a draft of the UNF Annual Report document and will review that document as well as continue discussions on strategic planning.

Meeting adjourned at 2:25 pm. Minutes submitted by Summer Sullivan.

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