PAD PLANNING

SAU Tech's Office of Planning, Assessment and Development is responsible for facilitating the planning process including the institutional strategic plan and the assessment of student outcomes plan. Personnel from the PAD office serve on the institution's assessment committee which is the oversight committee for all assessment processes and procedures. The  chief officer is also the liaison with North Central Association staff and supervises the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) process for accreditation.

PAD ASSESSMENT
Assessment Committee

The Southern Arkansas University Tech Assessment Committee works with the vice chancellor for academic affairs to help direct the on-going assessment of student academic success and effective teaching on campus.

The Committee:

• Attends regional and national workshops and conferences to increase the committee's knowledge of assessment techniques and methods.
• Conducts campus workshops and seminars to educate faculty about the latest assessment techniques and methods and to educate the college community about the overall purpose of assessment.
• Drives the direction of assessment on campus by providing leadership and guidance in the development of assessment goals, objectives, and measures within the assessment plan.
• Provides leadership in increasing faculty participation in the assessment process.
• Reviews assessment activities at the program and discipline level, evaluates and approves program and discipline level goals, objectives, and measures within the assessment plan which relate to assessment and recommends to the vice chancellor for academic affairs appropriate curricular changes to enhance program quality.
• Works with the vice chancellor for academic affairs, initiates program, discipline, and classroom level assessment methodologies and measures when needed.
• Drives the discipline and classroom level utilization of assessment data to improve student learning and ensure effective teaching.
• Shares with the college community information regarding assessment activities and accomplishments and changes made as a result of the assessment process.

Southern Arkansas University Tech
General Education
Assessment of Student Outcomes

General Education Mission Statement:
SAU Tech recognizes its role in preparing its associate degree graduates to function as competent and skilled workers to achieve any continuing academic goals and to live as life-long learners and thinkers. Consequently, general education at SAU Tech is designed to assist students in understanding the connection between their course work, their social and vocational responsibilities, and their rewards as citizens of a free nation.

SAU Tech General Education Competencies:
In order to support its general education mission, SAU Tech has adopted the following competencies expected of all its associate degree graduates:

1. Proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
2. Computer literacy skills.
3. A historical, cultural, social, and global perspective.
4. Critical thinking and problem solving skills: scientific, mathematical, social, and personal.
5. Research skills.

PAD RESEARCH

This office is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information to be used for reporting (internal and external), institutional planning, evaluation of programs and services, assessment of institutional effectiveness and the accreditation process.

Institutional Research Data Request Form
2010 Factbook

INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM REPORTING (IPEDS)

As a participant in the federal financial assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, SAU Tech has a mandatory requirement to complete and submit the following survey components for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) during the specified collection period:

• Fall Collection
  • Institutional Characteristics
  • Completions
  • 12 Month Enrollment
• Winter Collection
  • Human Resources
• Spring Collection
  • Finance
  • Fall Enrollment
  • Student Financial Aid
  • Graduation Rates
  • 200% Graduation Rates

Data is available by following the link following : IPEDS

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT HIGHER EDUCATION REPORTING

As an Arkansas post secondary education public institution, SAU Tech is required by Arkansas law to submit student enrollment data to the Arkansas Department of High Education (ADHE) using the Student Information system (SIS).

Data is available by following the link following: ADHE

SURVEYS

The PAD, research unit conducts various survey evaluations to assist the institution in its evaluation of faculty [Report on Teaching Student Evaluations]; student support and services, customer satisfaction, feedback, suggestions, and recommendations for improvement [Student Opinion Survey, Graduate Exit Opinion Survey]. This unit is also the proponent for survey development.

• Golden Triangle Economic Development Student Employment Survey Fall 2008
• SAU Tech Spring 2010 Success Rate Report
• Student Report on Teaching Evaluations
• Student Opinion Survey
  Fall 2009
  Fall 2010
  Fall 2011
• Graduate Exit Opinion Survey
  
• Internet Student Report on Teaching Evaluation - Fall 2009
  
• Traditional Student Report on Teaching Evaluation - Fall 2009
  
• Total Withdrawal Student Survey- Fall 2008 thru Spring 2010