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NCA (HLC) Planning Checklist

Student Affairs Department: ___________________________

Part I. Does your department have:

A formal planning process each year based on a model that leads to goals and priorities for the year, based on the department’s mission, vision, and values?
_____ yes _____ no

Goals that support student learning at the University?
_____ yes _____ no

A formal statement of mission/purpose of the department that supports UWSP’s mission and goals?
_____ yes _____ no

A formal statement of the vision of the department?
_____ yes _____no

A statement of departmental values, including support for student learning and diversity?
_____ yes _____ no

Explicit goals which support the department’s mission and vision?
_____ yes _____ no

Priorities for the stated goals?
_____ yes _____ no

The ability to demonstrate that all levels of planning align with the department’s mission, thereby enhancing its capacity to fulfill that mission?
_____ yes _____ no

Assessment procedures, including the use of systems to collect, analyze, and use departmental information to evaluate the extent to which goals are being achieved?
_____ yes _____ no

An annual report summarizing assessment procedures, outcomes, and statements of how the assessment outcomes have led to changes in policies and practices to improve programs and services to students?
_____ yes _____ no

Methods of demonstrating how budgetary decisions are driven by the department’s mission, vision, values, and priorities?
_____ yes _____ no


Part II. Evaluation Measures

During the past year, has your department used any of the following for assessment of outcomes? Indicate “A” if currently being used; “B” if not currently being used, but interested in using; and “C” if not applicable.

_____ Measures of volume of activity (number of clients served, circulation data, gross sales, etc.)
Specify: __________________________________________

_____ Measures of efficiency (average turnaround time for filling requests, timely service/prompt response, budget information, etc.)
Specify: __________________________________________

_____ Measures of service quality (error rates, accuracy of the information provided)
Specify: __________________________________________

_____ Client satisfaction surveys (student satisfaction survey, alumni survey, employer survey, customer survey, etc.)
Specify: __________________________________________

_____ Other methods to obtain client feedback (focus groups, comments via email, evaluation forms, suggestion box, hotline, etc.
Specify: __________________________________________


Adapted from Florida Atlantic University