American Samoa Community College

I.B.5. The institution assesses accomplishment of its mission through program review and evaluation of goals and objectives, student learning outcomes, and student achievement. Quantitative and qualitative data are disaggregated for analysis by program type and mode of delivery.

The changes made at the College to comply with this standard were guided by Recommendation 2.

ASCC has a comprehensive program review process in place supported by Policy 1004.1 The process is fully defined in the ASCC Participatory Governance Structural Manual.2 The College has two types of Program Review, each with its own process as summarized in the table below.

ASCC Program Review Processes

Institutional Program Review

Divisional Assessment-Program Review

Assessment Cycle

Biennially

Annually

Instrument:

Institutional Program Review Survey
i. Review of Instrument: Biennially (Institutional Planning Executive Core Committee)

Divisional Assessment- Program Review Survey
i. Review of Instrument: Annually (Programs/Departments)

Areas for Review:

i. ASCC Mission Effectiveness
ii. Student Learning Programs and Services
iii. Resources
iv. Governance

i. Divisional Mission and Outcomes
ii. Evaluation of Program/Department Effectiveness and Improvements
iii. Decision Making
iv. Personnel
v. Staff Development and Facilities
vi. Equipment & Technology
vii. Student Support Services
viii. Safety and Emergency Procedures
ix. Divisional Planning and Resource Allocation

Participants:

Administrators, Faculty, and Staff

Programs and Departments

Focus

i. Institutional Set Achievement Standards
ii. Institutional Learning Outcomes
iii. Review of Institutional Strategic Plan Priorities

i. Implementation of Divisional Assessment Surveys (Institutional Effectiveness Division)
ii. Compilation of data summaries (Institutional Effectiveness Division);
iii. Dissemination of Program Review summaries accordingly to each department/program (Institutional Effectiveness Division);
iv. Analysis of data (Program/Department);
v. Analysis is compiled and submitted to respective Vice President for review, recommendations, and/or approval (Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs/Vice President of Administration and Finance);
vi. Analysis is submitted and reviewed by the President with recommendations and/or approval (Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs/Vice President of Administration and Finance);
vii. Analyses, Resource Allocation Plans are submitted to the Board of Higher Education (President)
viii. Board of Higher Education Reviews Analysis and Resource Allocation Plans, and provides recommendations and/or approval (Board of Higher Education); and
ix. Analysis and Action Plans are disseminated for institutional access, implementation, and archiving. (President)

Procedures and Roles

i. Dissemination and implementation of Program Review Surveys (Institutional Effectiveness Division);
ii. Compilation of data summaries (Institutional Effectiveness Division);
iii. Dissemination of Program Review summaries to the Institutional Planning Executive Core Committee (IPECC);
iv. Analysis of data (IPECC);
v. Compilation and submission of analysis to the Leadership Triangle (IPECC);
vi. Review of Analysis by the Leadership Triangle with recommendations and/or approval (Leadership Triangle);
vii. Submission of analysis and action plans to the Board of Higher Education (President)
viii. Review by Board of Higher Education of analysis and action plans, followed by the Board’s recommendations and/or approval (Board of Higher Education); and
ix. Analysis and Action Plans are approved and disseminated for institutional access, implementation, and archiving (President).

i. Planning and Resource Allocation Analysis of ASCC Operations

Outcomes

i. ASCC Catalog
ii. Institutional Strategic Plan Priorities
iii. Board Policies

 


Program Review is an integral part of ASCC’s institutional strategic planning process. Through program review, the college is able to obtain data needed to identify areas for improvement. In 2009, results from the institutional program review data identified four focus areas as the basis of the 2009-2014 Institutional Strategic Plan (ISP); Academic Excellence, Technology, Staffing and Facilities. In 2014, the divisional assessments and institutional program review data identified a fifth focus area, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) incorporated into the 2015-2020 ISP.

Program Review is also used at the divisional levels to determine budget needs. During budget call each year, the divisions are required to submit their annual budget requests supported by program review data. Budget requests are reviewed and discussed by the IPECC to provide recommendations on fiscal appropriations and routed for approval by the Leadership Triangle.

The Division of Academic Affairs provide faculty with an Assessment Exit Summary Report every semester. This report gives data on the assessment of student learning outcomes, which is discussed in Curriculum meetings. This data is useful for faculty when completing the Academic Program Review. The IE provide disaggregated data under the IDS Tool kit on the ASCC website. This table below summarizes what is provided in the IDS.

ASCC Institutional Data Sets

Type of Data Set:

Measure 1

Measure 2

Measure 3

Measure 4

Measure 5

0001: Student Achievement Data

Developmental Completion Rates

Gateway Course Completion Rates

Program Requirement Completion Rates

Persistence Rates

Graduation & Transfer Rates

0002: Student Enrollment Trends

Unduplicated Headcount

Enrollment by Age

Enrollment by Ethnicity

Enrollment by Major

 

0003: Student Placements

English Reading Placements

English Writing Placements

Math Placements

Scholastic Aptitude Test Placements

Placement Test Survey

0004: Developmental Passing Rates (Pre-Collegiate Courses)

Developmental English Reading Passing Rates

Developmental English Writing Passing Rates

Developmental Math Passing Rates

 

 

0005: Degree Requirements

Gateway Courses

General Education Courses

Core Foundational Courses

Co-Foundational Courses

 

0006: Graduation Rates

Degrees/Certificates Conferred

Degrees/Certificates Conferred by Program

Completer Data

Graduate Exit Survey

 

0007: Student Learning Outcomes

General Education Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Institutional Learning Outcomes

 

 

0008: Employee Data

Number of Employees

Number of Employees by degree

Number of Employees by Ethnicity

 

 

0009: Student Opinion Surveys

Course Evaluation Survey

Student Satisfactory Survey

 

 

 

0010: Program Reviews

Divisional Assessment-Program Review Summaries

Institutional Program Review Summaries

 

 

 

0011: Student Services

Admissions  & Records Data

Tutoring Data

Counseling Data

Financial Aid Data

Library Services


1 - Policy 1004 Comprehensive Program Review, p.3
2 - Participatory Governance Structural Manual, pp. 20-22