PVAMU Holds Assessment Week 2016 To support Academic Units with the fulfillment of and reporting on 2016-15 Assessment Plans, a series of workshops will be offered April 20-22, 2016. Most workshops are repeated daily to accommodate teaching and work schedules. Workshop Descriptions “Assessing Artifacts and Using Rubrics in Taskstream” Examine Taskstream from both [...]
Prairie View A&M University submitted its Fifth-Year Interim Report to SACSCOC on March 15, 2016. The report responded to the U.S. Department of Education’s requirements (1) that accrediting bodies continuously monitor institutions to ensure compliance and (2) that accrediting bodies have a mechanism for reviewing multiple sites initiated since last reaffirmation. Compliance requirements spanned areas [...]
Held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, this year's SACSCOC annual meeting was held December 5-8 and featured plenary and concurrent sessions, workshops, group discussions, poster sessions, and Commission staff perspectives. The following faculty, staff, and administrators attended: Dr. Laurette Foster, QEP Director, Professor of Mathematics Dr. John Gardner, QEP Assessment Coordinator [...]
Four Prairie View A&M University faculty and administrators attended the 2015 Institute on Quality Enhancement and Accreditation, July 19-22, in Kissimmee, Florida. The 11th Annual Institute highlighted successful assessment practices and initiatives for improving student learning. The institute was designed for individuals interested in maintaining a culture of continuous quality improvement. As noted by SACSCOC, [...]
Prairie View A&M University is gearing up for its SACSCOC Fifth-Year Interim Report due in March 2016. As explained by SACSCOC, “The Fifth-Year Interim Report was developed to respond to the U.S. Department of Education’s requirements (1) that accrediting bodies continuously monitor institutions to ensure compliance and (2) that accrediting bodies have a mechanism for [...]
Over one-hundred and sixty Prairie View A&M University leaders and planners assembled on April 22, 2015, from 8 to 4 p.m., for the 2015 Strategic Planning Summit in the Willie A. Tempton, Sr., Memorial Student Center. The theme was “The Best Is Yet To Come: Reimagining and Reinventing to Provoke Greater Growth and Quality.” Leaders [...]
The Office for Institutional Accreditation (OFIA) participated in PVAMU’s Second Annual Compliance Week held March 23-27, 2015. The week’s Kick-Off included an event held in the Willie A. Tempton Memorial Student Center Ballroom where University offices created and hosted tables highlighting compliance-related themes. Topics for the week included the public information act, ethics, travel, audits, [...]