University Assessment Committee
The Charge of the Committee is to:
- Consult on assessment processes, gather assessment evidence, and engage faculty and staff in assessment decision-making.
- Assess ambassador and dean meetings each semester to:
- Provide up-to-date assessment planning/reporting guidelines, forms, submission processes, timelines, and the process for dropping programs or changing program names.
- Discuss annual program audit to identify program director, number of students, accuracy of CIP codes, accurate program list and accuracy of information
- Assess inactive programs (informed by query of students); evaluate the need to drop programs that don’t anticipate future students; promote awareness of add/drop programs and the Substantive Change process.
- Evaluate peer reviews and approve Student Learning Outcomes to assess feasibility and consistency with University-wide evaluation.
- Review annual assessment plans to assist with improving reporting content, including requests to add programs, in advance of review by University and Graduate Councils.
- Support the Office of Institutional Effectiveness to annually collect and aggregate assessment plans, reports and related documents for record-keeping and documentation for future accrediting visits.
- Recommend systems to ensure reports and documentation are in place for all Core Requirements, Comprehensive Standards and Federal Requirements.
University Assessment Committee Meetings
University Assessment Committee (UAC) meeting locations are TBD.
- February 19, 2024 – 3:30 pm
- March 18, 2024 – 3:00 pm
- April 15, 2024 – 1:30 pm
UAC Chair: David E. Allen, Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
UAC Committee Members:
Office of the Provost – Jon McGuire
Office of the Provost – Nishala Silva
AddRan College of Liberal Arts – Eric Cox
Bob Schieffer College of Communication – Julie O’Neil
Burnett School of Medicine – TBD
College of Education – Cindy Savage
College of Fine Arts – Janace Bubonia
Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences – Lynn Flahive
Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences – Suzy Lockwood
John V. Roach Honors College – Stacy Landreth Grau
Neeley School of Business – TBD
Assessment Ambassadors:
College of Education – Heather Doyle
College of Fine Arts – TBD
College of Fine Arts – TBD
College of Fine Arts – Leslie Browning-Samoni
College of Fine Arts – Michael Skinner
College of Science and Engineering – Timothy Barth
Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences – Linda Humphrey
College of Education – Ashley Tull
Bob Schieffer College of Communication – Uche Onyebadi
Ex-Officio Members:
Director of the Core Curriculum – Theresa Gaul
Chair of the Undergraduate Council – Cindy Savage
Chair of the Graduate Council – Floyd Wormely
Director of Institutional Research – Laurie Harris
Chair of Faculty Senate – Omar Harvey
Vice Provost of Undergraduate Affairs – Reginald Wilburn
Fall 2023
- No UAC Meetings
- 3-Year Assessment Plans: October 2nd, 2023
- HelioCampus (AEFIS) Integration with D2L: December 2023
- SLO Data collection (SEE reports submitted, Spring 2023)
- If you need access to your reports, please contact Jon McGuire (jon.mcguire@tcu.edu).
Spring 2024
- UAC Meetings
- February 19, 2024 – 3:30 pm
- March 18, 2024 – 3:00 pm
- April 15, 2024 – 1:30 pm
- AEFIS Training
- Date(s) – March/April, TBD
- SLO Data collection (SEE reports submitted, Spring 2023)
- If you need access to your reports, please contact Jon McGuire (jon.mcguire@tcu.edu).
- Report/Plan Reviewing:
| Review | Review Group | Review Completion Timetable |
| 3-Year Assessment Plans | UAC | March 4th – March 22nd |
| Final Revisions Due: | April 1st, 2024 | |
| SLO Plans (Fall’24/Spring’25) | Assessment Ambassadors | March 4th – March 22nd |
| UAC | April 1st – April 12th | |
| Final Revisions Due: | April 19th, 2024 |