The following examples illustrate how assessment data and other pertinent information collected at Lindenwood University have been used to make improvements and inform decision-making (the "closing the loop" process).
Academic, Administrative, and Co-Curricular Examples of Closing the Loop
- HLC Interim Report on Diversity (Submitted to HLC June 26, 2019)
- Closing the Loop: Academic Examples (January 2017)
- Closing the Loop: Administrative and Co-Curricular Examples (January 2017)
- Monitoring Report on the Assessment of Student Learning (contains numerous examples of closing the loop) (document submitted to HLC in conjunction with November 2017 comprehensive evaluation and site visit)
- Assessment Tip of the Week: Closing the Loop, College of Arts and Humanities: February 1, 2019
- Assessment Tip of the Week: Closing the Loop, School of Health Sciences: February 8, 2019
- Annual Academic Program Assessment Reports (refer to Column 5 in the reports to see how results have been used to make improvements)
- Annual Co-Curricular and Administrative Unit Assessment Reports (refer to Column 5 in the reports to see how results have been used to make improvements)
Assessment Summits
- Results from the Report Out at the 2017 Assessment and Planning Summit Devoted to the Topic of Student Engagement ("Pathways to Student Success") (May 10, 2017)
- 2017 Assessment and Planning Summit: Final Report on Actions Taken in Response to the Summit Findings and Discussions (April 2018)
- Actions Taken in Response to Findings Presented at the 2018 Assessment Summit Devoted to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Lindenwood
- Lindenwood Timeline of Diversity Efforts (in response to ongoing internal campus discussions regarding needs as well as 2017 HLC Team Report and 2018 Assessment Summit
- Working Group Comments/Recommendations from 2019 Assessment Summit Devoted to the Topic of Student Engagement and Satisfaction
Program Review (Academic Programs are on a 7-year Program Review Cycle)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2014 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2014 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2016 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2017 Cohort)
Retention Retreats
- 2018 Retention Retreat: Identified Themes Related to Academic Advising (February 23, 2018)
- 2017 Retention Retreat: Identified Strategies for Action through a Retention Master Plan (February 17, 2017)
- 2016 Retention Retreat: Goals and Priorities Established in Response to Review and Discussion of Retention and Graduation Rate Data and Related Survey Data (February 6, 2016)
Student Satisfaction Surveys
- Actions Taken, Evening and Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey: September 9, 2014 (survey conducted December 2013)
- Actions Taken, Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), Traditional Undergraduates: August 24, 2015 (survey administered Fall 2014)
- Lindenwood University-Belleville: Actions Taken in Response to Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) Administered in 2015 (June 2017 Report)
- Actions Taken In Response to Priorities Survey for Online Learners (PSOL) Administered March 2016
- Action Plan, Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS), College of Education and Human Services, Adult Semester Students: Spring 2016
