Office of the Provost
Closing the Loop Documents
The following examples illustrate how assessment data and other pertinent information collected at Lindenwood University have been used to make improvements and inform decision-making (the “closing the loop” process).
Academic, Administrative, and Co-Curricular Examples of Closing the Loop
- HLC Interim Report on Diversity (Submitted to HLC June 26, 2019)
- Closing the Loop: Academic Examples (January 2017)
- Closing the Loop: Administrative and Co-Curricular Examples (January 2017)
- Monitoring Report on the Assessment of Student Learning (contains numerous examples of closing the loop) (document submitted to HLC in conjunction with November 2017 comprehensive evaluation and site visit)
- Assessment Tip of the Week: Closing the Loop, College of Arts and Humanities: February 1, 2019
- Assessment Tip of the Week: Closing the Loop, School of Health Sciences: February 8, 2019
- Annual Academic Program Assessment Reports (refer to Column 5 in the reports to see how results have been used to make improvements)
- Annual Co-Curricular and Administrative Unit Assessment Reports (refer to Column 5 in the reports to see how results have been used to make improvements)
Assessment Summits
- Results from the Report Out at the 2017 Assessment and Planning Summit Devoted to the Topic of Student Engagement (“Pathways to Student Success”) (May 10, 2017)
- 2017 Assessment and Planning Summit: Final Report on Actions Taken in Response to the Summit Findings and Discussions (April 2018)
- Actions Taken in Response to Findings Presented at the 2018 Assessment Summit Devoted to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Lindenwood
- Lindenwood Timeline of Diversity Efforts (in response to ongoing internal campus discussions regarding needs as well as 2017 HLC Team Report and 2018 Assessment Summit
- Working Group Comments/Recommendations from 2019 Assessment Summit Devoted to the Topic of Student Engagement and Satisfaction
Program Review (Academic Programs are on a 7-year Program Review Cycle)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2014 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2014 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2015 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2016 Cohort)
- Actions Taken by Academic Programs in Response to Program Review Process and Findings (2017 Cohort)
Retention Retreats
- 2018 Retention Retreat: Identified Themes Related to Academic Advising (February 23, 2018)
- 2017 Retention Retreat: Identified Strategies for Action through a Retention Master Plan (February 17, 2017)
- 2016 Retention Retreat: Goals and Priorities Established in Response to Review and Discussion of Retention and Graduation Rate Data and Related Survey Data (February 6, 2016)
Student Satisfaction Surveys
- Actions Taken, Evening and Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey: September 9, 2014 (survey conducted December 2013)
- Actions Taken, Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), Traditional Undergraduates: August 24, 2015 (survey administered Fall 2014)
- Lindenwood University-Belleville: Actions Taken in Response to Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) Administered in 2015 (June 2017 Report)
- Actions Taken In Response to Priorities Survey for Online Learners (PSOL) Administered March 2016
- Action Plan, Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS), College of Education and Human Services, Adult Semester Students: Spring 2016