Committee Charge

  1. Guides the development of indicators and evidence of educational effectiveness across academic and co-curricular programs at LLU
  2. Facilitates the establishment of a culture of continuous assessment leading to evidence-based decision making
  3. Makes evidence-based recommendations for change in institutional structures and processes
  4. Facilitates communication and disseminates information among the network of Educational Effectiveness committees

It reports to the University Academic Affairs Committee and is guided by the University accreditation Steering Committee.

Responsibilities

  1. Oversee the development, process, and results of University outcomes assessment and program review.
  2. Serve as a resource to the University on educational effectiveness best practices.
  3. Promote a climate of inquiry among the LLU faculty where measuring educational effectiveness is understood and accepted.
  4. Coordinate the development of educational effectiveness sections of University accreditation reports, including WSCUC, AAA, etc. 

Membership

Co-Chairs

  • Zack Plantak - Program Director, MA Religion & Society, School of Religion
  • TBD

Members

  • University Services

    • Provost - Paul Hermann
    • Associate Provost – Helen Hopp Marshak
    • VP for Information Systems - D.P. Harris
    • VP for Student Experience – Karl Haffner
    • Director, Center for Whole Person Care – Olivia Moses
    • Director, Institutional Effectiveness - Ken Nelson
    • Director, University Libraries - Shanalee Tamares
    • Executive Director, Administrative Systems - John Wical (invitee)
    • Recording Secretary - Skye Scheer
  • Schools

    • Allied Health Professions - Ernest Schwab
    • Behavioral Health - Winetta Oloo
    • Dentistry - Eun-Hwi Cho, Natalie Hohensee
    • Medicine - Lynda Daniel-Underwood, Hansel Fletcher, Dustin Smith
    • Nursing - Brandie Richards, Sabine Dunbar
    • Pharmacy - Kyle Sousa
    • Public Health - Anna Nelson, Michelle Hamilton
    • Religion - Zane Yi