Strategic Planning Manual - SACS
The concept of institutional effectiveness is the heart of the Commission’s
philosophy of accreditation and is central to institutional programs
and operations. It pervades the Principles of Accreditation which state
that the institution identifies expected outcomes for its educational
programs and its administrative and educational support services, assesses
whether it achieves these outcomes; and provides evidence of improvement
based on analysis of those results.
This concept presumes that each member institution is engaged in an
ongoing quest for quality and can demonstrate how well it fulfills its
stated purpose. The quality and effectiveness of education provided
by each member institution are major considerations in accreditation
decisions. Although evaluation of educational quality and effectiveness
is a difficult task requiring careful analysis and professional judgment,
each institution is expected to document quality and effectiveness by
employing a comprehensive system of planning and evaluation in all major
aspects of the institution.
Each member institution is expected to develop a broad-based system
to determine institutional effectiveness appropriate to its own context
and purpose, to use the purpose statement as the foundation of planning
and evaluation, to employ a variety of assessment methods, and to demonstrate
use of results of the planning and evaluation process for the improvement
of both educational programs and support activities. Educational quality
will be judged by how effectively the institution achieves its established
goals.
- Focuses on the institution’s effectiveness and its ability
to create and sustain an environment that enhances student learning
- Designed to determine the quality of an institution within the
framework of its mission, its goals, and its analysis of and response
to crucial institutional issues
- Strategic Planning is necessary for achieving and documenting institutional
effectiveness and educational quality
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