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St. Petersburg College

Clearwater, FL

Chief Executive Officer: President William Law
Liaison Name: Kay Burniston
Liaison Title: Vice President, Baccalaureate Programs, Academic Effectiveness & University Partnerships
Liaison Phone: 727-341-3118
Liaison E-mail: burniston.kay@spcollege.edu
Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Type: Four-Year
Governance: Public
Size: Large (more than 10,000)

Presidential Commitments: January 2012 - January 2013

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2010-2012
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1. Improving the gathering of evidence about student learning outcomes by (for example):
a. Ensuring that your institution collects data on its entire set of common student learning outcomes and how well these are achieved. Yes Yes
b. Participating in one or more nationally benchmarked data collection processes (examination, portfolio, or survey) and publicly reporting the results, including disaggregated evidence (by race, sex, etc.). Yes Yes
c. Developing, discussing, and publicizing a campus wide audit of evidence of student learning and student participation in high impact practices for your institution. Yes
d. Other
Description of Institutional Initiatives and Plans for Improvement: Download
Current 2010-2012
2. Expanding the use of evidence on student learning outcomes to improve programs and practices by (for example):
a. Making the analysis, use, and reporting of evidence of student learning outcomes a prominent and influential factor in the institution’s strategic planning or program review process. Yes Yes
b. Documenting and publicizing significant changes and demonstrable improvements in the quality of academic programs, co-curricular programs, and support services as a result of student learning outcomes assessment. Yes Yes
c. Other
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Current 2010-2012
3. Expanding the reporting on student learning outcomes on- and off-campus to ensure transparency and accountability by (for example):
a. Developing or improving mechanisms through which student learning outcomes assessment results are shared with faculty, staff, administrators, and students, including opportunities for these groups to meet and review results. Yes Yes
b. Ensuring that at least once a year the governing board of your institution receives and discusses a report about your efforts to assess student learning outcomes and to use that evidence to improve the quality of academic programs, co-curricular programs, and support services. Yes
c. Establishing on your institution's website a highly visible and easily accessible location where assessments of student learning and their uses are made public. Yes Yes
d. Other
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Current 2010-2012
4. Expanding the noteworthy work on your own campus to other institutions by (for example):
a. Serving as a resource for other institutions or professional groups who would use your campus as a model for ways to strengthen assessing, reporting on, and improving student learning outcomes. Yes Yes
b. Joining with other members of the Presidents’ Alliance at national conferences and events to report progress on achieving this agenda. Yes Yes
c. Other
Description of Institutional Initiatives and Plans for Improvement: Download