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Department of
Institutional Effectiveness
Linn Hall 123
(319) 398-7613 - Phone
(319) 398-1058 - Fax |
Strategic Planning and Kirkwood Futures Initiative - Kirkwood is committed to a high involvement approach to strategic planning process. This link connects you to the College’s emerging 2007-2010 strategic plan and includes ideas submitted by faculty and staff during 2006-2007. The College's Strategic Action Framework was approved by the Board of Trustees on 11/8/07. Click here to view departmental visions and strategic goals for each department at Kirkwood.
Teaching and Learning - This link connects you to a description of and link to Kirkwood's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (KCELT) as well as the faculty development program Continous Assessment in a Teaching/Learning Environment (CASTLE). A related link to iStream can also be found here.
Accreditation - Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Kirkwood is integrating the principles and practices of the Commission’s Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) into its existing continuous improvement culture. Through faculty and staff dialogues, surveys, and prioritization the College has administered the AQIP Examiner Survey, conducted internal focus groups, and embedded three Action Projects into its strategic plan. This link connects you to information related to these projects.
Report Services - Here you can find facts, reports and research about Kirkwood, students, faculty & staff, federal and state reports (i.e. IPEDS), procedures for conducting student evaluations of faculty (i.e. SPOT and IDEA surveys) as well as academic program review procedures. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please use the Data/Project Request Form.
Systems Portfolio - This link contains Kirkwood Community College’s Systems Portfolio. This portfolio is a log of the College’s activities per the nine categories of the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), which is an accreditation program of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. |
