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.
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