The college’s Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Measures were developed and are maintained by the Planning Advisory Council to answer the fundamental Middle States accreditation question “Is the institution fulfilling its mission and achieving its goals?”

The measures were developed to provide quantitative indicators of the fulfillment of each long-term institutional goal as enumerated in the college’s Board-approved Mission Statement. The Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Reports shared with the Board of Trustees and the Board of Carroll County Commissioners organize the measures under these mission-based goals.

Strategic planning at Carroll Community College is guided by priorities in its five-year plan, Compass 2020, and implemented through annual strategic initiatives that collectively comprise the college’s Strategic Plan for any given fiscal year.

Because planning priorities are intended to guide the institution toward the realization of its vision within the context of its approved mission, many of the mission-based Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Measures can also serve as measures to assess the accomplishment of Strategic Plan priorities. All Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Measures are benchmarked, and the February meeting of the Planning Advisory Council each year is devoted to examining measures performing below benchmark values and suggesting or revising improvement strategies.

At right, is a crosswalk that suggests the Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Measures that provide useful evaluation metrics for the college’s current Compass 2020 strategic plan. At its February meeting, the Planning Advisory Council reviews how well the specific Initiatives in the current annual Strategic Plan are impacting institutional effectiveness as measured by the IE measures.

At the May meeting, the Strategic Initiative Coordinators provide status reports on the implementation of the Strategic Plan Initiatives as work begins on the next year’s plan.



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