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Hi Mary -- Can you PLEASE send the SACS compliance representatives to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE not "respond to all". I get more than 150 e-mails a day, and really do not need the additional spam. From you, with information....I do not mind. It is the faculty responses that are really out of hand! -Thanks! -lck On 10/6/14 2:58 PM, "Albrecht, Mary Lewnes" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Really hate answering to the list serve and clogging in boxes, but figure more > than Suzanne has this question: "I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be checking > for." > > What we want people to check: since we rolled over specific fields of > information form 2013-2014 into 2014-2015, did it roll-over correctly? It > should be the same as for 2013-2014. > > What the roll-over does, is move the actual text in specific fields (as listed > in the original email) for outcomes and assessment methods from one year to > the next so you don't have to reenter that information. Any attachments should > have also rolled over (attachments that you may have provided that relate to > the assessment methods). The roll-over is done so you don't have to reenter > all of this information and reattach the files. > > For the 2014-2015 year, you will enter the new assessment results and discuss > actions you took that relate to the findings from last year. Basically, you'll > be updating the progress made based on your findings and any new findings. You > may need to remove some files if you revised the assessment methods (i.e., new > rubrics, new surveys). At this point in time, don't worry about college > approvals from 2013-2014 or for 2014-2015 (no approvals for 2014-2015 will > happen for some time yet!). > > I realize that for some this is a new process; for others, it's old hat. So > please forgive the excessive emails these few days as we all learn how the > system works when we make a transition from one year to the next. > > Sincerely, > > Mary > > Mary Lewnes Albrecht, PhD > Associate Vice Provost > 865-974-3635 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: UT Assessment [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wright, > Suzanne > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 2:38 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Compliance Assist Roll-Over Completed > > Hi Mary, > > I feel like I am probably being somewhat stupid, but I'm not sure what I'm > supposed to be checking for. When I look at the material I input last > semester for Asian Studies, it doesn't appear that it was ever approved by the > College. Am I looking in the wrong place? > > Suzanne > > Dr. Suzanne E. Wright > Associate Professor / Chair, Asian Studies School of Art University of > Tennessee > 1715 Volunteer Blvd. > Art & Architecture 416 > Knoxville, TN 37996 > 865-974-4267 > ________________________________________ > From: UT Assessment [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Albrecht, Mary > Lewnes > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 10:40 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Compliance Assist Roll-Over Completed > > Dear Colleagues - > > Our partners at Compliance Assist completed the roll-over from 2013-2014 to > 2014-2015 for us this past Friday. PLEASE review your programs to make sure > the roll over went well. As far as I could tell, it appears that it has. > > Also, we did some housekeeping by revising some of the unit names and made a > few other corrections to the organizational list: > > 1. Revised department names in the College of Business Administration and > structure now reflects the reorganization of the graduate programs. > 2. Moved Comparative and Experimental Medicine from the College of Veterinary > Medicine and into Intercollegiate programs per their request. > 3. Archived the three graduate programs that were closed (Aviation > Systems-MS; Land Surveying and Computational Fluid Dynamics graduate > certificates). > 4. Corrected spelling errors, names of programs, and degree abbreviations. > 5. Added three graduate certificates (Radiochemistry, Food Safety, and Fire > Protection Engineering) to the appropriate departments. > > The fields that were rolled over were in the Academic Assessment Plan were: > > Program/ Major Learner Outcome > > 1. Academic major > > 2. Person completing report > > 3. Assessment team members > > 4. Learner outcome number > > 5. Learner Outcome > > 6. Description > > 7. Direct assessment method(s) > > 8. Direct assessment methods description and attachments > > 9. Indirect assessment method(s) > > 10. Indirect assessment method(s) description and attachments > Program Closure in Process > All fields in data type for any programs not archived (closed) > > If you see anything amiss, please let me know only if it something that you > cannot access to edit. > > Sincerely, > Mary > > Mary Lewnes Albrecht, PhD > Associate Vice Provost for Accreditation University of Tennessee Office of the > Provost > 527 Andy Holt Tower > Knoxville, TN 37996-0152 > Phone: 865-974-7074 > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Web: http://plantsciences.utk.edu/albrecht.htm > > [utksig-stack-very_small] > > "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education > .... The human mind is our fundamental resource." John F. Kennedy ********************************************************* Dr. Linda C. Kah Kenneth R. Walker Professor Associate Professor, Carbonate Sedimentology & Geochemistry University of Tennessee Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences 1412 Circle Drive Knoxville, TN 37996 Ph: 865-974-6399 Fx: 865-974-2368 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Departmental Web Page: http://eps.utk.edu/faculty/kah.php *********************************************************