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Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

About the Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, a department of the Office of the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, promotes rigorous evaluation in the pursuit of institutional excellence. The office supports, coordinates, and advances efforts to demonstrate that the University is fulfilling its academic mission and enhancing learning excellence within the community of learners. 

Our Mission

The Office of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness will advance learning excellence through information, evaluation, and recommendations while striving for improvement through communication and collaboration.

Our Philosophy

Assessment assists in achieving excellence by asking: Who are we? Are we who we say we are? How do we know? How can we improve? Are the improvements working? Assessment activities increase the dialog about excellence throughout the campus community.

Assessment is the systematic and ongoing process of collecting, analyzing and acting on data and information and is an essential component in achieving the university's mission and supporting goals and outcomes. Assessment is oriented towards measuring results and using these results to aid in decision-making enhancement. Assessment is not an isolated event, but rather a communication loop affording continuous quality improvement of programs, departments, and courses.

The goal of institutional effectiveness is to integrate planning, evaluation, and budgeting processes into a comprehensive program that not only encompasses teaching and learning but also the array of administrative and support services which sustain the core of activities of the University.

Contact Information:

Director: Kaylyn Hansen
(580) 327-8150
klhansen@nwosu.edu
Herod Hall, Second Floor
709 Oklahoma Boulevard
Alva, OK  73717

NWOSU Assessment Plan

NWOSU Strategic Plan

ALCA

Accreditation

NWOSU Self-Study 2014

Student Success Data

Annual Reports

Annual Report of Student Assessment Activity

Assessment Committee Members

Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Committee

Ms. Kaylyn Hansen, Director of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness/Academic Support

Dr. Mindi Clark, Associate Professor of Agriculture

Ms. Leslie Collins, Associate Professor of Nursing / Chair, Charles Morton Share Trust Division of Nursing

Ms. Sheri Lahr, Registrar

Ms. Shannon Leaper, Library Services Director / Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science

Dr. Jennifer Oswald, Chair of the Division of Education

Dr. Steven Maier, Dean of Faculty

Dr. Wayne McMillin, Dean, Enid Campus

Dr. Jonathon Thomason, Dean, Woodward Campus

Student Representative - Austin Rankin

Assessment Results

Alumni Survey

Co-Curricular Learning

ETS Proficiency Profile

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory 

Staff Satisfaction

Faculty Satisfaction

Assessment Calendar

Recurring Assessments

Assessment

Sample

2020-2022

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

2025-2026

Alumni Survey
(5 years out)

Alumni- year denotes graduation year

2016 Graduates

2017 Graduates

 

2018 Graduates

2019 Graduates

2020 Graduates

Alumni Survey
(6 months out)

Alumni – year denotes graduation year

Fall 2021 Graduates

Spring 2022 Graduates

Fall 2022 Graduates

Spring 2023 Graduates

Fall 2023 Graduates

Spring 2024 Graduates

Fall 2024 Graduates

Spring 2025 Graduates

Fall 2025 Graduates

Spring 2026 Graduates

Co-Curricular Learning Survey

 

All Students

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

ETS Proficiency Profile
(Mid-Level)

 

40-75 Credit Hours

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

Administrator Evaluations

All
Full Time Faculty

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

Faculty Satisfaction
(every other year)

All
Full Time Faculty

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

Staff Satisfaction
(every other year)

All Full Time Staff

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey
(every other year)

Graduate Students

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory
(every 3 years)

 

All Students

Spring 2022

 

 

 

Spring 2025

 

NSSE Student Engagement Survey
(every 3 years)

1st year/ Seniors

 

 

Spring 2023

 

 

Spring 2026

Northwestern Oklahoma State University

709 Oklahoma Blvd., Alva, OK 73717
Phone: (580) 327-1700

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