The Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Committee met on July 28, 2020, at 1 p.m. The meeting minutes are as follows:
Dr. Margaret Geehan opened the meeting. The meeting began with a Middle States Update during which the creation of the Working Groups in preparation for the 2023 Middle States Visit was discussed. The committee now is focusing on finishing selecting chairs and co-chairs for the various committee standards for the Middle States preparation. A chair and co-chair are needed for each “Standards” committee, each of which is a subcommittee of the Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Committee. Most of these standards now have a chair and co-chair assigned to them, and those people will be listed below:
Standard I: Mission and Goals
Jim Macklin and Vaidehi Agashe
Standard I: Ethics and Integrity
Linda Lim and Dan O’Connor
Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
Nicole Arduini-Van Hoose and Tony Podlaski
Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience
Matt Howe and Gayle Healy
Standard V: Support of the Student Experience
Meg Mann and TBD
Standard VI: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
Dennis Wax and TBD
Standard VII: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
TBD
The remainder of the meeting was devoted to the results of the Summer Student Survey, mainly the survey from the first siix-week session, which received more responses. The questions on the survey were discussed in varying amounts of detail, including enrollment status, which asked how many students this summer had already been HVCC students prior to this summer’s semester. The answer was about 60 percent. When surveyed about what format their classes were currently taking, for example, most students answered that their classes were “hybrids” or partially taught online, and partially on campus. When asked why they signed up for their classes this summer, the most common answer was “to continue toward completion of my degree I was already pursuing before the pandemic” rather than to “make up” for a failed class or take a lone class for credit. About 46 percent of students said they do not plan on returning this fall, so this leaves a question of why? Many summer students attended HVCC while on vacation from their own college. For example, on the six-week survey, about 60 percent said they were going back to their college, and another 15% or so said they were graduating in the summer.
The survey also revealed that most students are staying at HVCC at the moment because they were already established at the college, or because it will allow them to save money compared to where they were initially going, as they have to take classes online this fall anyway.
The Core Indicators at Physical Plant and the Student Loan Default Rates were not discussed.
The meeting adjourned at 2 p.m. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 18 via Zoom.
AIE Members
Margaret Geehan, chairman
Clem Campana
Colleen Ferris
Patti Gaston
Caitlyn Gerardi
Jackie Houghton
Antoinette Howard
Matt Howe
Alan Joseph
Dennis Kennedy
Patty Klimkewicz
Sue Kutryb
Jim Macklin
Meg Mann
Karen Paquette
Kathy Petley
Christine Smith
Joe Stenard
Ainsley Thomas
Dennis Wax
Ronalyn Wilson
Published: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:45:33 +0000 by c.gerardi