Key Insights from the QAS Summary Report (2020-2023)
Enrollment Trends:
Enrollment has fluctuated over the past few years, with a general downward trend.
Graduate programs dominate enrollment, particularly in psychology and instructional leadership.
Student Satisfaction:
Student satisfaction with faculty, support services, and mode of delivery has generally increased.
However, there's a need to improve the response rate to surveys and address specific areas of concern identified in the feedback.
Faculty Performance:
Faculty performance, as measured by course evaluations, has generally been positive.
However, there's a need to monitor and address areas where faculty performance may need improvement.
Program Effectiveness:
The QAS highlights the importance of program assessment and continuous improvement.
There's a need to strengthen data collection and analysis to inform program decisions.
Key Insights from the QAS Summary Report (2021-2024)
Enrollment Trends:
Enrollment has continued to fluctuate over the past few years, with a continued downward trend. This has caused the EPp to develop recruitment and retention plans.
Graduate programs dominate enrollment, particularly in psychology. Instructional leadership no longer has the AAPN program, resulting in decreased enrollment.
Student Satisfaction:
Student satisfaction with faculty, support services, and mode of delivery has generally remained the same. There was a minuscule 0.067% upward change in student satisfaction.
Faculty Performance:
Faculty performance, as measured by course evaluations, continues to be positive.
Students did have some concerns related to specific graduate programs and the instructors.
Program Effectiveness:
The QAS highlights the importance of program assessment and continuous improvement.
The QAS audit verified that the EPP is on the right track with the development of the system.
Overlapping review periods reveal a persistent challenge of fluctuating, generally declining enrollment, though graduate psychology programs remain strong.
Notably, instructional leadership enrollment decreased due to the removal of the AAPN program, prompting the EPP to develop recruitment and retention strategies.
While student satisfaction initially showed improvement, it plateaued in the later period, with a minimal increase.
Faculty performance remains consistently positive, though specific graduate program concerns have emerged.
Both reports underscore the importance of continuous program improvement and robust data analysis. The later report indicates a positive audit verification of the EPP's system development in this area.