Educational Effectiveness Committee

Purpose

1. To support the culture of reflective practice for program development and review at California Lutheran University (CLU), by:
   1. serving as a centralized resource for educational effectiveness activities
   2. promoting communication about best practices for program self-evaluations
2. To support institution-wide evaluations and decision-making in support of integrating program review, strategic planning, accreditation, and institutional research
3. To gather data on the achievement of university learning outcomes

Responsibilities

1. Provide recommendations to enhance the quality of university educational effectiveness at CLU
2. Serve as educational effectiveness liaisons to units within CLU
3. Oversee the mechanics and process of academic and non-academic program reviews
4. Provide support for survey development, implementation and scheduling
5. Provide educational effectiveness support for reaccreditation processes
6. Provide support for the Director of Educational Effectiveness and Institutional Research

Membership

The core committee, listed below, includes representation from major academic and administrative units at CLU.  The committee has both an academic focus and an administrative focus and may break into task groups for particular projects.  The Provost, working with the Deans, appoints administrative representatives to the committee. The CLU Faculty Executive Committee appoints faculty members to the committee.

Faculty Appointments (staggered three-year term limits)

1. Four to six faculty members representing graduate and undergraduate programs

Administrative appointments

1. Director of Educational Effectiveness and Institutional Research
2. Assessment coordinators/officers from each of the Divisions within the College of Arts and Sciences and from each School
3. Institutional Research Officer
4. Up to 5 administrative appointments representing key roles in program development and review
5. Educational Effectiveness & Institutional Research Data Analyst/Program Review Facilitator
6. Representative from the Students

Committee Members