UNCW procedures require every unit on campus to work toward continuous improvement during each annual assessment cycle.
Units who report their outcomes, action steps and progress toward achieving their unit's mission are guided by a campus-wide administrative unit assessment process.
Administrative Unit Assessment
Cyclical micro-level administrative unit assessment activities are coordinated by the Institutional Research and Planning Office and in conjunction with assessment representatives across the university. Each assessment strategy is defined to ensure for appropriate and timely information to support continuous quality improvement and institutional renewal. All administrative units assess their effectiveness in meeting their mission and participate in UNCW's annual assessment process. Program outcomes align to the mission and strategic priorities of the university, and when appropriate, align to standards of professional organizations. Those units that support academic and student services also assess their co-curricula student learning outcomes.
Administrative Unit, Support Services is defined as an organizational group within the university (e.g., unit, office, or department) whose services indirectly serve the educational mission of the institution, directly support staff and faculty, directly support students (optional), and whose unit has a mission and operational outcomes. Administrative Units with support services have been identified in UNCW’s Administrative Assessment Mapping.
Administrative Unit, Support Function is defined as an organizational group within the university (e.g., unit, office, or department) that primarily serves as a support function for a larger organizational group. The unit directly or indirectly serves the educational mission of the institution, but primarily serves and is accountable to a larger organizational group (i.e., division, school, college). The unit may have a unique mission and operational outcomes but may also take on the mission and operational outcomes of the larger organizational group and conduct assessment reporting within the context of the larger organizational group.
Administrative Unit, Academic & Student Support Services is defined as an organizational group within the university (e.g., unit, office, or department), whose services directly serve the educational mission of the institution, directly support students, or support the college experience, and/or directly support faculty. This unit may have operational outcomes or has both operational outcomes and student learning outcomes. Administrative Units providing academic and student support services have been identified in UNCW’s Administrative Assessment Mapping.
