Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness
November 5, 2021 2021-11-05 6:21Quality Assurance and Institutional Effectiveness
QA&IE Mission
Ensure inclusive and sustainable quality and effectiveness in procedures, teaching, learning, and supporting services.
QA&IE Functions and Objectives
The Objectives of the Dept. of QA&IE at UD are:
- Compliance & Accreditation
- To assure that the academic and administrative processes and procedures at UD are complying with its policies, the CAA, and international standards.
- To manage and prepare the requirements of national and international accreditation and licensure, in cooperation with the academic and administrative units.
- To manage and regularly update all institutional documents.
- Continuous Quality Enhancement
- To assure continuous quality enhancement by regular monitoring, reviewing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the academic programs, the supporting services, and the academic and administrative units.
- To develop methods and procedures for the assessment of learning outcomes, the measurement of program effectiveness, and the enhancement of teaching and learning.
- Effectiveness & Efficiency
- To assess the achievement of the strategic goals of UD, the academic and administrative departments.
- To provide training to faculty and staff to enhance the academic and administrative efficiency and effectiveness.
- To conduct internal audit.
- Institutional Research
- To conduct Institutional Research (benchmarking, annual report, cohort analysis, achievement of learning outcomes, etc.) to assist the decision making and assure the achievement of the University strategic goals.
Function | Processes | Tools/Platforms |
Institutional Research | Data Collection | CAMS, Taskstream, Digital Measures, Blue, Bluepulse |
Analysis | Excel, SPSS | |
Recommendations | Internal Procedures | |
Compliance & Accreditation | Preparation of SSR | CAMS, Taskstream, Digital Measures, Blue, Bluepulse |
Monitoring of Compliance | Internal Procedures | |
Document Control | Smartcatalog | |
Course File Audit | Internal Procedures | |
Program Assessment | Data Collection | CAMS, Taskstream, Blue, Bluepulse |
Analysis | Excel, SPSS | |
Recommendations for Improvement | Internal Procedures | |
Institutional Effectiveness | Data Collection | CAMS, Taskstream, Digital Measures, Blue, Bluepulse |
Assessment & Audit | Internal Procedures | |
Recommendations for Improvement | Internal Procedures |
Platforms | Purpose |
Blue | Survey Design and Analysis |
Bluepulse | Online Formative Assessment |
Taskstream | Assessment of Strategic Goals & Programs |
Digital Measures | Management of Faculty Teaching & Research Activities |
Smart Catalog | Management of Curriculum |