ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REPORT AND
STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE
GENERAL INFORMATION
Texas Tech University is fully committed to strategic planning and
assessment. The materials accessible through these web pages document our
planning and assessment efforts. Visitors are encouraged to review these
materials. The Strategic Plans, which are maintained by the various areas and
units on campus, may be found using the links provided on our Strategic Planning
homepage. The Annual Assessment Reports, which are maintained on this website by
the Office of Institutional Research, will be available for the university and
areas in the Summer 2003 and then for the university, areas and all units in the
Summer 2004. You are invited to provide comments on our strategic planning and
assessment efforts via e-mail to
StratPlanHelp@ttu.edu.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ASSESSMENT REPORTS
This document provides the instructions for preparing the Annual
Assessment Report and Strategic Planning Update.
Section 1. Goals and Goal Highlights
This section provides a list of the strategic planning goals for
the area or unit, with significant accomplishments identified for each goal for
the past calendar year. A bullet format is used with the area/unit strategic
goal statements. The material is to highlight the accomplishments during the
past year and should be limited to approximately 2 printed pages of materials.
The area/unit selects the highlights to be included for each goal. It is
recommended that all the goals for the area/unit be listed and that for those
goal statements without specific accomplishments to report should be identified
(i.e., “No significant accomplishments to report.”) Areas and units will be
able to suggest objectives and/or strategies to make progress with such goals
(see Section 4).
Section 2. Universal Quantitative Data
The Office of Institutional Research provides the data for all
academic programs. This material is a 1 page listing of quantitative data common
to all academic colleges and departments. The data span a 6-year time period.
Information is organized into four categories: Student Information; Faculty
Information; Financial Information; External Funding. Information is reported
for either the Fall Semester or Fiscal Year (note the two sections), depending
on how the data are calculated for official university reports to various
agencies. This section is blank for those areas or units that do not directly
contribute to the data represented in this section (in most cases only the
academic colleges and departments will have data in this section of their
reports).
Six-Year Academic Profile Definitions
Fall Semester Data
Student Information
1.Headcount
Total number of students enrolled as of the official
reporting date in the fall semester of the academic year.
2.Entry Scores
SAT scores of all new students first enrolled in Fall (1998)
or Summer/Fall (1999 - 2002).
GRE scores of all new students first enrolled in Fall (1998-2001) or
Summer/Fall (2002).
3.Semester Credit Hours
Total semester credit hours on the official reporting date,
broken into funding categories as reported to the Coordinating Board. Credit
hours are assigned by subject, not by faculty home department.
4.Number of Lecture Classes Taught & Average Class Size
Total number of sections coded as “lecture courses” on the
student records system, taught in the given fall semester.
Total enrollment in sections divided by total number of sections.
Faculty Information
5.FTE
Total Full-Time equivalent faculty by rank as recorded on the
human resources system and reported to the Coordinating Board. Includes
Faculty Ranks: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor,
Instructor, and Lecturer.
6.Headcount
Total faculty by rank, minority status, and tenure status as
recorded on the human resources system as reported to the Coordinating
Board.
7.Teaching Load
SCH/FTE
Total student credit hours taught, as reported to the
Coordinating Board on the official reporting date, divided by total faculty
FTE.
8.Student/Teaching Staff Ratio
Total student Full-Time Equivalent based upon credit hours
assigned according to the home department of the instructor not by subject,
per faculty FTE.
9.Faculty Salaries
Total nine-month equivalent salaries of full-time employees
with faculty appointments.
Includes: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and
Lecturer.
Peer Salaries
National average salary based on Oklahoma State University faculty salary survey.
Fiscal Year
10.Degrees Awarded
The total number of degrees awarded during the fiscal year (December, May, August).
11.Classes Taught by Tenure/Tenure Track
The percent of lower division and total undergraduate lecture
and lab sections taught by tenure/tenure track faculty for the academic year
as reported to the Coordinating Board.
Financial Information
12.Teaching Salaries
Total salaries paid during the fiscal year from
accounts in fund 0070.
Departmental Operating Expenses
Total expenditures during the fiscal year from departmental
operating accounts, includes accounts in funds 0074 and 0379.
Cost per SCH
Total teaching salaries plus departmental operating expenses
divided by total semester credit hours assigned according to the home
department of the instructor, not by subject, in the academic year.
Cost per SCH in Constant $
Cost per SCH adjusted to 1998 dollars according to the
consumer price index.
13.External Funding
Research
Value of Awards by Home Department assigns dollar amount to
the faculty member’s home department.
Value of Awards by Submitting Unit assigns dollar amount to
the unit submitting the proposal.
Fundraising
All gifts and pledges raised from private sources for the
academic year as provided by Development.
Section 3. Area/Unit Specific Information
This section
allows for information to be entered from each area or unit related to the
strategic plans and student outcome assessments. Academic departments must
include discipline specific quantitative/qualitative assessments of student
outcomes. Student outcome variables may be selected from the department’s
strategic plan, previous Annual Departmental Assessment Reports, accreditation
reports, or other appropriate sources. Specific changes or strategies related to
improving student outcomes, when necessary, must be identified in Section 4.
3a. Area/Unit Specific Quantitative Data.
Areas and units will select items from the critical success factors and
assessments in their strategic plans. Data will be provided by area/unit or
provided by the Office of Institutional Research, when possible. The data span a
6-year period. This section should be approximately 1 printed page in length and
is the same format as in Section 2. If 6-year data are not currently available,
the area/unit may begin to build a 6-year database by providing data for the
years available and adding to the database each year.
3b. Qualitative Information.
Qualitative information supporting strategic goals and/or
related to student outcomes will be included in this section. Information is
identified and provided by the area or unit. Qualitative information may include
information such as specific teaching, research, or service awards, unique
student, faculty or staff opportunities, and other information that relates to
the area’s or unit’s goals. This information will not compile across years. This
section should be 1 or 2 printed pages in length and is in bullet format, as in
Section 1.
Section 4. Strategic Planning Update
Areas or units should propose how they will
update their strategic plans. Only new or revised information needs to be
included. These revisions may address changes to any of the goal elements (the
goals, critical success factors, objectives, strategies, or assessments).
Specific revisions to improve student outcomes must be included, if indicated
from the information in Sections 2 and 3. A bullet format and the goal
statements from the Strategic Plan are used. The Commentary section allows the
area or unit to discuss the information in the report. The Implementation
section allows the area or unit to indicate the estimated amount and the
expected sources for supporting new or additional resources. Resources may
include faculty/staff positions, equipment, space, or other such items.
