2023 Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Focused Visit Evidence File
On this page:
- Organizational Context
- Materials Reviewed
- HLC Criterion 4.B. Description and Evidence
- HLC Criterion 5.C. Description and Evidence
Organizational Context
- Strategic Plan 2023–25
- Wright State University Bridge Strategic Plan 2023–2025 (PDF)
- Mission and Vision
- Quick Facts
Materials Reviewed
Documents and evidence are linked throughout the report. Website construction, review, and continuous improvement are ongoing.
- Assessment of Student Learning
- Student Learning Outcomes Statement
- Learning Outcomes for General Education (Core)
- Examples of Student Learning Outcomes for Co-Curricular Experiences
- Learning Outcomes for Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees and Programs
- Course Syllabi
- Assurance of Learning Committee charge and minutes
- Program Effectiveness Review Overview
- Academic Program Review evidence
- Assessment Resources
- Assessment Plans and Process for Assessment Plans (includes General Ed, Academic Programs, Co-Curricular, Student Perceptions/NSSE)
- Stop Gap Application for Reporting Annual Assessment Activities (PDF)
- Faculty Handbook
- Staff Handbook
- Student Handbook
- Academic Catalog
HLC Criterion 4.B.
The institution engages in ongoing assessment of student learning as part of its commitment to the educational outcomes of its students.
Visit the HLC Policy webpage for more information about Criterion 4.
Focus
Evidence
- Academic Program Review
- Program Effectiveness Review
- Academic Program Review
- Action Steps to Improve Academic Program Review and Institutional Effectiveness
- Disclosures Regarding Annual Assessment
- Stop Gap Application for Reporting Annual Assessment Activities (PDF)
- 2019-2020 Program Assessment Reports
- 2020-2021 Program Assessment Reports
- 2021-2022 Program Assessment Reports
- Office of the Provost Strategic Plan 2022–2024 (PDF)
- Academic Program Review
- Watermark's Educational Intelligence System Proposal (PDF)
- Watermark Memo (PDF)
- Disclosures Regarding Core Assessment (General Education)
- Disclosures Regarding Program Learning Objectives and Program Learning Outcomes/Course Catalog
- Disclosures Regarding Course Learning Objectives and Course Learning Outcomes
- Additional Information
- Graduate Program Proposal Process
- Curriculog Objectives and Outcomes Correspondence I (PDF)
- Curriculog Objectives and Outcomes Correspondence II (PDF)
- New Program Proposal Example (PDF)
- Provost
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Job Description (PDF)
- Vice Provost for Assessment and Chief Accreditation Officer
- Vice Provost for Assessment and Chief Accreditation Officer Job Description (PDF)
- University Policy 4280: Course Addition, Modification, and Deletion Policy
- Curriculog Review Example I (PDF)
- Curriculog Review Example II (PDF)
- Curriculog Objectives and Outcomes Correspondence III (PNG)
- Curriculog Objectives and Outcomes Correspondence IV (PNG)
- Curriculog Objectives and Outcomes Correspondence V (PNG)
- Curriculog Review Example III (PNG)
- Curriculog Review Example IV (PNG)
- Curriculog Review Example V (PNG)
- Curriculog Review Example VI (PNG)
- Curriculog Review Example VII (PNG)
4.B.1.
The institution has effective processes for assessment of student learning and for achievement of learning goals in academic and co-curricular offerings.
- Proposal for uniting the Assurance of Learning Committee and the Co-Curricular Committee (PDF)
- Academic Program Review
- Assessment
- Wright State University Guide to Accreditation and Assessment (PDF)
4.B.2
The institution uses the information gained from assessment to improve student learning.
- National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2017 and 2019
- BBCSSE Institutional Report 2017
- National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2021
- Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI)
4.B.3.
The institution’s processes and methodologies to assess student learning reflect good practice, including the substantial participation of faculty, instructional and other relevant staff members.
- Core Oversight Committee
- Assurance of Learning Committee
- Center for Faculty Excellence Professional Development Resources
- Course Design Institute
- EAB Professional Development: Leadership Strategies to Reduce DFW Rates
- The Course Completion Playbook Presentation (PDF)
- Student Learning Outcomes vs Student Learning Objectives for Curriculum Training
- Annual Assessment App Training
- Course Design Institute
- Wright State University Guide to Accreditation and Assessment (PDF)
HLC Criterion 5.C.
The institution engages in systematic and integrated planning and improvement.
Visit the HLC Policy webpage for more information about Criterion 5.
Focus
Evidence
- Evidence that a strategic planning process has been restarted, or that the draft strategic plan has been implemented
- Timeline for the strategic planning process
- Disclosures about disruptions to the Strategic Planning Process
- About President Susan Edwards
- Slide Presentation from Faculty Senate meeting in January 2020 (PPTX)
- April 25, 2022, Faculty Senate meeting (PPTX)
- November 2022 Faculty Senate meeting
- January 2023 Faculty Senate meeting (PPTX)
- December 9, 2022 Board of Trustees meeting (PDF)
- Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Resolution to Adopt Performance Goals for President Edwards in Academic Year 2021-2022 (PDF) (from May 21, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting)
- Action Steps for implementing the strategic plan
- Evidence and analysis of what Wright State University has been using to guide its decision making in the absence of a formal strategic plan.
- Division of Student Success
- Campus Completion Plan
- 2022-2024 Campus Completion Plan (PDF)
- Board of Trustees Approval of the 2022–2024 Campus Completion Plan Resolution (PDF)
- Academic Reorganization
- College of Health, Education, and Human Services
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies
- Board of Trustees Approval of the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies Reorganization Plan Resolution 23 (PDF)
- Board of Trustees President's Report, December 9, 2022 (PDF) (provost’s presentation on the benefits of this new college is on slides 8-19)
- Wright State creates new College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies
- Annual Budget Reports
- Board of Trustees Public Session Archive budget presentations for FY 2019-2023
- Board of Trustees
- Financial Governance Policy
- Excerpt of Dayton Daily News: Strike deal will help improve WSU finances, independent report claims
- Wright State gets ratings upgrade from Moody’s
- Fiscal Year 2023 Budget presentation (PDF) (slide 17)
- Ohio Auditor of State Wright State University audits
- Board of Trustees Finance, Audit, Governance, and Compliance Committee December 8, 2022 meeting minutes (PDF)
- Retrenchment
- Wright State home to 19,600 students this fall
- Quick Facts
- November 12, 2020 Letter from President Edwards to AAUP-WSU Executive Committee of Provost Leaman’s report and the intention to begin the retrenchment process (PDF)
- December 7, 2020 Faculty Senate meeting minutes (PDF)
- January 15, 2021 President's Report Special Faculty Senate Meeting (PDF)
- February 8, 2021 Report of the WSU Joint Committee on Retrenchment (PDF)
- February 9, 2021 Executive Summary of Report and Recommendation Concerning Faculty Retrenchment from Provost Leaman (PDF)
- February 15, 2021 Recommendation concerning Faculty Retrenchment from President Edwards (PDF)
- February 19, 2021 Board of Trustees meeting minutes (PDF)
- Board of Trustees to Retrench Bargaining Unit Faculty Resolution 21
- Oliver Evans named interim provost of Wright State
- Affordability and Efficiency Reports
- September 15, 2022 Enrollment Update (PDF)
- 2022 University Remediation Report (PDF)
- Low-Enrollment Course and Program and Duplicate Program Report (PDF)
- Provost Newsletter: Forward Momentum
- Office of the Provost Draft Strategic Plan (PDF)
- Disclosures about engaging in systematic planning without a formal strategic plan
- Action steps to implement institutional plans to systematically improve its operations and student outcomes.
