 INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Francis Marion University is committed to the continuous evaluation and improvement of each and every component of the University from its educational programs to the administrative and support offices that serve them. The University now has in effect a comprehensive institutional effectiveness program that routinely monitors continued program and office alignment with institutional mission, the identification of salient process outcomes, the measurement of meaningful quality indicators, and the implementation of improvements. The faculty of the University through its Institutional Effectiveness Committee accepts the ongoing evaluation of the institutional effectiveness system as an important component of its responsibilities to the institution. Students are frequently asked to participate in the assessment
of the University's services through focus groups, surveys, writing
samples, academic inventories, interviews and other appropriate
assessment methods. Prospective students, parents, alumni, and constituents
in the local and regional business and service communities are also
asked for their input. Throughout this process, FMU stresses to
its students and other participants that FMU is assessing the quality
of its educational programs and support services and not the individual
participating in the assessment effort. Reacting to the input from
our students and other constituencies by constantly improving the
ability of the University to accomplish its mission is the primary
purpose of FMU's institutional effectiveness system. |
