Institutional Effectiveness Framework
What is Institutional Effectiveness?
Institutional Effectiveness is defined as the degree to which York College students attain success in achieving Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) and Student Success Outcomes (SSOs) through investments in organizational capacity and student learning. Institutional effectiveness responds to the needs of our stakeholders, accomplishing our mission and goals, and planning, assessing, and deploying our resources so that students can effectively achieve ILOs and SSOs.
The Institutional effectiveness framework encompasses two overlapping areas of planning and assessment:
Organizational capacity – i.e., York College’s ability to assess the extent to which it fulfills its mission through sound management and strong operational processes; and
Student learning – i.e., York College’s ability to assess the extent to which it is helping students achieve learning outcomes
Figure 1: Institutional Effectiveness Framework
ILOs and student success outcomes (SSOs) (e.g., graduation rates, retention rates, completion rates) act as driving forces for assessment in both the organizational capacity and student learning areas, so that the College can more effectively conduct evidence-based decision-making to improve student achievement
The Institutional effectiveness process shows that all academic programs, including General Education, and AESS units engage in annual and five-year assessments. These assessments inform strategic planning and institutional effectiveness assessment to provide action plans back for the programs and units.
Figure 2: Institutional Effectiveness Process
York's Institutional Effectiveness Accountability Structure illustrates who is accountable for assessment. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC) coordinates the work of the College-wide assessment committees (Academic Assessment Committee, General Education Assessment Committee and Administrative, Educational, and Student Support Assessment Committee) and reports to the President and the Cabinet as depicted in Figure 3 below.
Figure 3. Institutional Effectiveness Accountability Structure
