Report on Self-Evaluation
Each department and program
conducts a self-evaluation approximately once every seven years. The
Provost, in consultation with the Committee on Faculty, sets the
schedule for self-evaluation and initiate the process annually with the
selected departments and programs. The report has three parts: an
initial self-evaluation narrative, a consultant’s report and response,
and a departmental final response. The final full report comprising all
three parts is given to the Committee on Faculty and is kept on file in
the Office of Academic Affairs.
Narrative
The initial self-evaluation narrative should describe the following:
- The character of the discipline and the place of its content and methodology in liberal arts study;
- The character of the department and its approach to the presentation of the discipline at Hendrix;
- The learning goals of the department for the general student and the major;
- Offerings
and the typical path or paths of study for the general student and the
major, and the connection between departmental aims and offerings;
- Typical
teaching and learning activities in and out of the classroom, and the
connection between learning goals and these activities;
- The connection between the program, and the mission of the College with respect to liberal learning;
- A commentary on the role of the department in implementing the Vision for Student Learning;
- The
outcomes of the program, together with supporting documentation
specifying the methods used to reach conclusions about these outcomes;
- A description of and commentary on the human, budgetary, and other resources available to the department;
- The results of the department's self-evaluation and the plans for addressing problems or needs that have been identified.
A subsequent self-evaluation narrative should describe the following:
- Updated
information from the previous self-evaluation narrative highlighting
any changes in the goals, character, approach, staffing, funding, and
offerings of the department or program.
- Discussion of the resolution or continuance of any issues raised in the previous evaluation.
- Evaluation
of and recommended revisions to the student learning assessment plan
including plans for integrating assessment into the planning process.
Consultant’s Report
The
report of the department’s external consultant should contain an
evaluation of the material included in the self-evaluation narrative and
a verification of the narrative in light of the site visit, together
with recommendations and suggestions for improvement. The report should
also contain a specific evaluation of the student learning assessment
plan.
Departmental Response
The response by the
department to the consultant’s report should address the consultant’s
recommendations and suggestions. The department should state the results
of the department’s self-evaluation and the plans for addressing
problems or needs that have been identified. This should include an
articulation of the goals for program enhancements and strategies to
achieve them over the next seven years. The response should also contain
a copy of the final version of the student learning assessment plan.