Institutional Effectiveness Plan
The College prepares an Institutional Effectiveness Plan, and annually updates the materials, in order to identify planning, assessment and improvements as based on effectiveness. All faculty and staff have an opportunity to participate in determining the direction the College will take and those actions necessary to support the learning goals of the College. The process includes components at the Unit, Learning Center and Departmental levels, and a copy is available from the Department of Research and Planning.
Program Review Plan
The College has adopted a Program Review Schedule which enables the assessment of each Curriculum program and functional area of the College in a three-year cycle. The process enables examination of each program’s mission, demographics, outcomes and trends as well as proposed changes or improvements.
Quality Enhancement Plan
As part of our SACS reaffirmation criteria in 2006, the College developed a Quality Enhancement Plan that focused on the Learning through Effective Educational Planning (LEEP) program. Through the growth and metamorphosis of the College, in 2010 a new Quality Enhancement Plan is being developed focusing the First Year Experience of Craven's students. The First Year Experience (FYE) program is designed to engage students in campus activities and help them flourish academically.
Performance Measures and Standards
In the 2007 Session, the General Assembly approved modification to the North Carolina Performance Measures and Standards as adopted by the State Board of Community Colleges on March 16, 2007. As a result the number of performance measures was reduced to 8. In order to receive an Exceptional Institutional Performance rating, a college must meet or exceed all 8 performance funding measures, cannot have any licensure exam (for which the college controls who takes the exam) with a passing rate of less than 70%, and the performance of students who transfer to a 4-year institution must meet or exceed the performance level of native UNC students.
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