MIDDLE STATES SELF-STUDY

The Self-Study is available electronically in two formats: the hyperlinked format below and a PDF format that can be read by using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Table of Contents for the Middle States Self-Study

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Steering Committee and Task Groups

Chapter 1 Overview

• Institutional Profile
  
• Self-Study Process
  
• Administration and Governance
  
• Mission, Goals and Objectives
  
• Planning and Resource Allocation
  
• Enrollment
  
• Financial Resources and Facilities
  
• Library and Learning Resources

Chapter 2 - Academic Programs, Experiential Learning and Student Mobility

• Assessment in the General College Program
  
• Assessment in Academic Programs
  
  • Assessment in Educational Studies
    
  • Assessment in Fine Arts
    
  • Assessment in the Humanities
    
  • Assessment in the Natural Sciences
    
  • Assessment in the Social Sciences
    
  • Assessment in the Interdisciplinary Studies Programs
    
• Assessment and Experiential Learning
  
• Assessment and Student Mobility
  
• General Observations and Recommendations

Chapter 3 - Intellectual Growth and Development

• Intellectual Challenge
  
• Curiosity and Intellectual Values
  
• General Intellectual Growth
  
• Summary of Findings
  
• Recommendations

Chapter 4 - Personal and Social Growth and Development

• Establishing and Clarifying Purpose
  
• Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships
  
• Academic Autonomy
  
• Salubrious Lifestyle
  
• Student Involvement and Preparation for Life After Graduation
  
• Summary of Findings
  
• Recommendations

Chapter 5 - Campus Climate/Learning Environment/Community of Learners

• Community Interaction and Involvement
  
  • Out of Class Student-Faculty Interaction
    
  • In Class Instructional Interactions
    
  • Scholarly and Creative Activity and Student-Faculty Interaction
    
  • Activities, Clubs and Organizations, and Student Learning
    
  • Racial and Ethnic Diversity
    
• Teaching-Learning Resources
  
  • Student-Faculty Advising and Teaching Ratios
    
  • Class Size
    
  • Technology
    
• Living-Learning Environment
  
  • Residence Halls
    
  • Campus Safety
    
• Recommendations

Chapter 6 - Learning Support Structure

• Administration
  
  • Vice President for Administration
    
  • Budget Office
    
  • College Controller
    
  • Environmental Health and Safety
    
  • Personnel
    
  • College Services
    
  • Facilities Management
    
  • Faculty Student Association
    
  • Student Accounts
    
• Development and College Relations
  
  • Vice President for Development and College Relations
    
  • College Foundation
    
  • Corporate/Foundation Public Relations
    
  • Publication Services
    
  • Public Information
    
  • Annual Fund
    
  • Alumni Affairs
    
• Conclusions
  
• Recommendations

Chapter 7 - Institutional Recommendations

Table of Contents for the Self-Study Design

• Rationale for the Nature, Scope, and Approach of the Self-Study
• Specific Objectives
• Plans to Incorporate Outcomes Assessment Data
• Organizational Structure of Each Task Group
• Charges to the Task Groups
• Questionnaires, Surveys, and Other Instruments for Collecting Data, and Methodologies to be used in Their Analysis
• Inventory of Recent and Current Self-Studies, Reports, Data Collections and Other Resources
• Timetable for Completion of the Self-Study
• Editorial and Format Expectations
• Proposed Outline of Self-Study
• Suggestions on Composition and Leadership of Visiting Team

Questions and comments, please e-mail Judy Elwinger elwinger@fredonia.edu or Jack Croxton croxton@fredonia.edu