90-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar • Originally Broadcast August 4, 2009 • $189

Recently, colleges and universities throughout the country have been implementing changes in order to achieve greater institutional effectiveness. While not a new concept, institutional effectiveness has become increasingly necessary as the demand for services has expanded and the pool of available resources has contracted.

Institutional effectiveness begins with the development of a mission statement for the college or university and a blueprint for how academic programs and administrative services contribute to that mission. The blueprint should consist of strategies that have specific and measurable outcomes, but many fail to fully develop their plan and are unable to assess their progress.

In Getting Started with Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, Linda Suskie, vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, explains how to turn your institutional goals into measurable outcomes and shares her proven 4-step process, which you can easily use to begin assessing your institutional effectiveness. In this straightforward 90-minute presentation, she:
• Provides examples of institutional effectiveness successes and failures
• Redefines “fuzzy” institutional goals into measurable outcomes
• Uses root cause analysis to clarify the meaning of institutional goals that are really just to-do lists
• Reveals potential strategies to assess key institutional goals
• Identifies appropriate ways to set targets for institutional assessments

An Invaluable First Step
This seminar is designed to help you take the first step toward assessment, and we are committed to helping you start your journey. Our low CD price of $189 is per site–not per person–which means you can learn how to launch your assessment program as a team, and leave the seminar ready to implement what you’ve learned. Invite as many people as your facility can hold–then schedule some time afterward for discussion with your team members. And best of all, you'll be able to watch at your own campus, so no travel expenses are incurred!

Who will benefit from this seminar:
• Chief academic officers
• Chief planning officers
• Institutional assessment coordinators and directors
• Institutional assessment committee members
• Institutional research directors
• Student development staff
• College administrators

Featured Higher Education Presenter:


      Linda Suskie

Available in CD or print transcript format. Presenter's handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. CD orders generally ship within three to five business days following the live seminar date. Print transcripts (and CD/transcript binder sets) require additional time for publishing and processing and will be shipped approximately three weeks after the live program is held.

90-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar • Originally Broadcast August 4, 2009 • $189

Build your reference library with our CD/Transcript packages Purchase both the audio CD and print transcript of this important seminar and you'll have a resource you'll refer to again and again. Each package set includes the full print transcript of the live seminar, the presenter's handouts, and CD recording of the live program in a protective sleeve. You'll never wonder where your CD is because it's kept right with the printed materials. When you add this attractive binder set to your shelf, you have easy access to all the materials from our online seminar at your fingertips - whenever you want it. Plus, you'll save $49 over the cost of purchasing these items separately!