Evaluations and Data Collection Cycles

Institutional Research collaborates with other divisions to sustain continuous quality improvement processes at SMU by collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and reporting meaningful and critical performance and outcomes data.  The listing below describes the data collection tools, cycles, methodology, populations, and reporting of key institutional data. 

Alumni Survey

  • Graduates of SMU 1 and 5 years back across all programs are surveyed.
  • Data collected every year.
  • Online and paper surveys.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

Course and Faculty Evaluations (summative)

  • Evaluations across all courses, programs and campuses at the end of the course.  
  • Data collected every semester.
  • Online forms.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

Course and Faculty feedback (formative)

  • Evaluations across all courses, programs and campuses at the end of the course.  
  • Data collected every semester.
  • Online forms.
  • Inbuilt in Canvas LMS and viewed by course instructors in real time.

Curriculum Mapping of Learning Outcomes

  • Linkages and alignments across course, program and student learning outcomes are collected across all programs.
  • Key assignments and alignments with specialty accreditation standards are collected across all programs.
  • Data are collected or updated after a University Curriculum Commitee approval.
  • Structured, analyzed, visualized and reported by Institutional Research.

Employer Survey

  • Employers of SMU graduates who graduated 1 and 5 years back,across all programs are surveyed.
  • Data collected every year.
  • Online and paper surveys.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

Entering Students’ Survey

  • New students in each semester are surveyed across all campuses.
  • Data collected every semester.
  • Online surveys.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by  Student Services.

EOW (Experience of Work) Survey

  • Faculty and staff (0.5 FTE and above) are surveyed
  • Data collected every year.
  • Online surveys.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Sutter Health Vendor.

Faculty and Staff Services, Resources and Climate Survey

  • Faculty and Staff 0.5 FTE and above are surveyed
  • Data collected every two years.
  • Online surveys.
  • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

Facts at a glance (Factsheet)

  • Curent summary report of institutional facts - admission, enrollment, demographics, degrees, financial aid, faculty and staff
  • Data collected every year.
  • Analyzed  and reported by Institutional Research.

Institutional Facts

  • Detailed five-year trend visualizations of admission, enrollment, degrees, financial aid, faculty and staff data with data interactions.
  • Data collected every year.
  • Analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

Regulatory Reporting

  • Program specialty accreditation annual reports.
  • IPEDS data collections.
  • WSCUC annual report.
  • Other annual reports to regulatory agencies.
  • Annual HRSA grant performance reports.
  • Analyzed and reported by collaboration with Institutional Research and other departments.

Predictive Analytics for Student Success

  • New students in each semester are surveyed using a comprehensive tool.
  • Data collected every semester.
  • Online surveys.
  • Implemented by Student Services.
  • Statistically modeled and reported by Institutional Research.

    Student Campus Services, Resources and Climate Survey

    • All enrolled students are surveyed across all campuses
    • Data collected every two years.
    • Online surveys.
    • Implemented, analyzed and reported by Institutional Research.

    Student Success Measures

    • Collected across all identified indicators from various data sources.
    • Data collected every year.
    • Analyzed  and reported by Institutional Research.

     

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