INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE

Appointed by:	President
Reports to:	Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Number of Members:	25

Purpose. Supports division vice presidents in monitoring, evaluating and promoting appropriate and useful institutional effectiveness (assessment) activities.

To sample, and review evidence of institutional effectiveness (assessment) activities, and to advise and report to the Vice Presidents on its quality;
To identify and recommend appropriate types of assessment, as well as to identify inappropriate types;
To assist the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment advising departments and programs on appropriate assessment;
To contribute to developing plans for institution-wide assessment;
To help to promote awareness and appreciation of good assessment and its use in improving both educational programs and university operations.

Appointments. The President makes all appointments from recommendations submitted by the Director of Institutional Research. The Director of Institutional Research serves as chair. The chairs of the three working subcommittees are appointed by the Director of Institutional Research. The committee consists of twenty-five members serving indefinite terms.

Chair
	Rita Caso	Director, Institutional Research
Members
	Kandi Tayebi	Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
	Janet Mullings	Associate Dean, College of Criminal Justice
	Karen Smith	Associate Dean, College of Education
	Dana Nicolay	Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
	Keri Rogers	Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
	Scot Mertz	Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
	Daughn Pruitt	Associate Dean of Students
	Bill Bridges	Professor, Department of English
	Terry Bilhartz	Chair, Department of History
	To be announced	Chair, Department of Sociology
	Mary Bell	Acting Chair, Department of Library Science
	Philip Morris	Chair, Department of Accounting
	Sharon Lynch	Acting Chair, Department of Language, Literacy, and Special Populations
	Tamara Waggener	Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
	Marcus Gillespie	Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Geology
	Sarah Kerrigan	Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice
	Doug Dretke	Senior Project Director, College of Criminal Justice
	Andy Oswald	Programmer Analyst III, College of Education
	Doug Greening	Associate Vice President for Facilities Management
	Andrew Miller	Director, Counseling Services
	Ann Holder	Director, Library Services
	James VanRoekel	Director, Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
	Wes Boyd	Associate Director, Academic Advising
	Kendall Tew	Lead Instructional Design, Distance Learning

Correct as of August 2009

PLEASE NOTE: All errors in committee listings should be reported in writing to
Dawn Caplinger, campus post office box 2478; e-mail dbc001@shsu.edu