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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

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

Assessment Newsletters

Student Success Data

Retention Rates

Retention Rates – Fall to Fall

 

AY

2017-2018

AY

2018-2019

AY

2019-2020

AY

2020-2021

AY

2021-2022

Retention Rates

60%

58%

62%

57%

60%

 

Graduation Rates

 

Six-Year Graduation Rate

STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED A BACHELORS DEGREE WITHIN SIX YEARS OF ENTERING NWOSU

2012

Cohort

2013

Cohort

2014

Cohort

2015 Cohort

2016 Cohort

Graduation Rates

30%

31%

26%

31%

28%

 

 

 

 

Number of Degrees

 

Number of Degrees

Institutional Update Info

FY19

FY20

FY21

FY22

FY23

Certificates

28

36

31

24

27

Associates

0

0

0

0

0

Bachelors

352

332

314

299

316

Master

43

51

53

39

53

Doctoral

0

0

8

11

7

Total

423

419

406

373

403

Licensure Pass Rate for Nursing

NCLEX-RN

 
 

AY 2018-2019

AY 2019-2020

AY 2020-2021

AY 2021-2022

AY 2022-2023

Alva

81.8%

50%

83%

83%

87.5%

Enid

88.8%

88%

80%

80%

87.5%

Woodward

100%

100%

80%

80%

66.7%

Ponca City

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Cumulative

88.46%

88%

86%

86%

86%

 

AANP Family Nurse Practitioner Certification
 

AY 2019-2020

AY 2020-2021

AY 2021-2022

AY 2022-2023

First-time pass rate

85.71%

100%

100%

83% as of 9/2023

(2 still need to take the test)

Office of Educational Quality and Accountability Reports

Employment Dashboards

U.S. Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 2021 Employment Outcomes

Past Data 
Graduate and Employment Data - 2017
Graduate and Employment Data - 2018
Graduate and Employment Data - 2019

 

Critical Occupations

Critical Occupations Data

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