Assessing Academic Effectiveness

College Area Review (CAR)

A comprehensive review of academic courses/programs/disciplines (Academic Area Review) and administrative units (Administrative Area Review) for the purpose of obtaining essential information regarding academic and administrative planning and resource allocation.

College Area Review serves as a collegewide assessment of academic and non-academic units to obtain an overview of the effectiveness of each unit and to ensure inter-unit compatibility in all strategic planning processes.

The overarching goal of College Area Review is to provide critical collegewide information for planning and budgeting, to assist in establishing priorities for resource allocation, and to measure overall institutional effectiveness.

For additional information please email the College Area Review mailbox. 

Points of contact: Kathleen Wessman and Clevette Ridguard.

Outcomes Assessment (OA)

A systematic approach to collecting qualitative and quantitative information to assess the knowledge, skills, and values that students acquire as a result of the academic programs and student services offered at Montgomery College. This process is not complete until the data collected is used to improve these programs/activities/experiences as necessary and appropriate.

Point of contact: Ken Weiner

Academic Effectiveness Team (AET)

The purpose of the Montgomery College Academic Effectiveness Team is to provide a safe haven for academic leaders to convene and share their current activities. The team sessions are designed to be an opportunity for the faculty, staff and administrators who are involved in academic effectiveness activities to convene to discuss current issues and to have members provide a status report on their efforts.  This is a time for the membership to use one another as sounding boards.  The bi-monthly meetings are intended to ensure that:

• Symmetry exists in the development and execution of academic programs, events, initiatives, and strategies
• Channels of communication remain open among all stakeholders
  

The following positions are involved in the AET:

• Outcomes Assessment Coordinator
• Academic Area Review Coordinator
• Academic Assembly Chair
• General Education Chair
• Middle States Co-Chair
• Curriculum Committee Chair
• MyMC Student Portal Liaison
• Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis (OIRA)

Innovative Initiative Co-Leaders Team (IICT)

The Innovative Initiative Co-Leaders Team is comprised of the faculty members and administrators who lead the six innovative initiative teams.  Meetings are held three times during the calendar year for the purpose of information sharing and program collaboration/enhancement.

Point of contact:   Clarice A. Somersall