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Assessments Given at MSU Billings

The University conducts a scheduled rotation of surveys to determine student satisfaction and engagement, alumni/ae satisfaction, employee morale, and graduate employment. Data are reviewed by members of the CQI/Accreditation Steering Committee, the Chancellor’s Cabinet, and various department heads and deans.

CAMPUS ASSESSMENT	FREQUENCY	ADMIN RESPONSIBILITY
Student Satisfaction Inventory (Noel-Levitz)	Spring 2006, Spring 2008	CQI Steering Committee
NSSE, FSSE, CCSSE, CCFSSE	Spring 2007, Spring 2009	CQI Steering Committee
Employee Morale—Classified Staff, Faculty, Admin/Prof	Spring 2007, Spring 2012	CQI Steering Committee
Alumni Satisfaction	Spring 2007, Spring 2012	CQI Steering Committee+ Alumni Association
Grad Survey	Annually	Career Services
The Kansas Study National Study of Community College	Annually	Institutional Research
Delaware Study National Study of Instructional Cost	Annually	Institutional Research

SA ASSESSMENT	FREQUENCY	DATA COLLECTED
Student Life and Housing	Every semester Weekly & summary	Quality of Life Survey Occupancy Reports
Sodexo	Every semester Monthly	Dining Satisfaction Survey Usage Reports
Office of Community Involvement	Every semester	Service Learning & learning outcomes, volunteer numbers, project evals, etc.
Career Services	Every semester Annually Monthly Every semester	Cooperative Education learning assessments Grad data CareerLink registration & use “Report card” evaluation of services
SOS/TRiO	Every semester Monthly	College Student Inventory (N-L) Mentoring hours
Academic Support Center	Every semester Every semester Every semester Every semester	COMPASS Placement Test data Developmental course retention A&SC101 retention Learning Lab usage
Associated Students MSUB	Every semester	SAB event participation numbers
New Student Services	1st and 15th of every month Every semester Every semester Every semester	Enrollment/Application Data (for annual comparisons/predictions) Registration yield rates (for annual comparisons) Number of Campus Visitors (for annual comparisons/predictions) New & Transfer Student Orientation Evals
Academic Advising	Every semester Every semester	Usage data SSI results
Disability Support Services (DSS)	Every semester	Students self-identify DSS eligibility
Multi-cultural Student Services (MSS)	Every semester	Students self-identify needs; includes referrals
College of Technology(COT)	Every semester Every Fall & Spring Every semester	Perkins Performance Levels (includes ±60-65% all COT students) Retention of all COT students Report of Students not Returning (reasons, ethnicity, FA status) Orientation evals

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