• In 2020, the Endicott College community adopted a 5-year cycle for completing external program reviews. This process will ensure that our curriculum is up to date. 

• In 2022, the Endicott College community adopted a standardized format for conducting a external program self study to ensure a standardized report process and reporting of data across the institution. The Program Review Instructions for Faculty and Staff will be used to guide you in the self study process. The guidebook provides a "quick link" to NECHE standards to ensure complacence in meeting the specific standard. A detailed calendar of deadlines for academic program reviews is provided to ensure proper proper timelines are achieved.   

• In 2022, the Endicott College community adopted a standardized format for external reviews in authoring the final report of findings. Reviewers evaluate program learning outcomes, student achievement of these outcomes, and other aspects of program effectiveness, such as faculty areas of expertise, curriculum, and resources. The reviewer(s) will be provided a copy of the Program Review Instructions for External Evaluators guidebook to ensure that they follow the report templates on reporting of the findings.   

External Program Review Reports: AY-23/24

• Self-Study: Communication – April 2024, Final report: Communication 
• Self-Study: Political Science – April 2024, Final report: Political Science 
• Self-Study: Marketing -- April 2024, Final report: Marketing
• Self-Study: Business Management -- April 2024, Final report: Business Management
• Self-Study: History -- Nov 2024, Final report: History

External Program Review Reports: AY-22/23

• Self-Study for Program Review: Marketing Communication and Advertising -- Feb 2023. External program review final report (Recommendations/Suggestions): Marketing Communication and Advertising -- May 2023 

The file contains the Endicott College, External Program Review 10 Year Schedule for all graduate and undergraduate programs (NECHE). Endicott College adopted a 5-years cycle for conducting external program reviews moving forward and will transition away from the prior 7 year cycle. 

Institutional Assessment Committee (IAC)

Purpose: To foster a culture of continuous improvement in both academic and administrative areas. Working with the director of assessment, the committee develops and recommends College-wide policies and procedures that meet accepted standards for data collection, data analysis, goals, and objectives as stated by departments and offices. The committee reviews results of assessment activities to ensure that data-informed improvements are made when necessary, and collaborates to support and provide assessment workshops and seminars.

Membership:

Chair: Paul Antonellis

Appointed Members:  Donny Femino, Deb Swanton, Matt Heiser, Sarah Bailes, Maria Wong, Becca Kenneally, Alli McPhedran

Elected Members: Alyssa Czarnecki, Cynthia Mitsakis, John Kelley

Reports To: Provost Sara Quay  (As of 09/2024)

The annual Assessment Day is a college wide assessment of senior thesis and capstone artifacts. The norming session video is designed to help the group start the process of determining what each group considers appropriate for scoring. 

The Endicott College Annual Assessment & Report Form (adopted Fall/20 -- Provost Schwartz).

The Endicott College Annual Assessment & Report Template (adopted Fall/20 -- Provost Schwartz). This is a SAMPLE of the template. 

Annual Assessment & Report Worksheet Rubric - Program Objectives (Co-Curriculum).  

Annual Assessment & Report Worksheet Rubric Rubric School/Student Learning Outcomes (Curriculum).

The AACU full set of All VALUE Rubrics in PDF format. Endicott College adopted all AAC&U rubrics for undergraduate assessment:

1) Civic Engagement

2) Creative Thinking

3) Critical Thinking

4) Ethical Reasoning

5) Global Learning

6) Informational Literacy

7) Inquiry and Analysis

8) Integrative Learning

9) Intercultural Knowledge and Competence

10) Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning

11) Oral Communication

12) Problem Solving

13) Quantitative Literacy

14) Reading

15) Teamwork

16) Written Communication. 

The following 15 mins video will provide a step by step process for conducting curriculum mapping at Endicott College. Curriculum mapping is a method to align instruction with desired goals and program outcomes. It can also be used to explore what is taught and how. The video will provide you with a brief overview of curriculum mapping and if you have additional questions, please be sure to reach out to the Director of Assessment. The attached Excel sheet, provides a SAMPLE of how to set up the curriculum mapping process.  

The attached file contains the "Learning Outcomes Assessment Handbook" for Marymount University. 

This handbook offers strategies for assessing student learning at the course level and is particularly useful to instructors developing assessment strategies for their courses.

This handbook focuses on assessment at the department or program level and is particularly useful to department or program chairs, as well as others interested in program assessment, to guide program review and improvement.

Endicott College participated in the 2020 NECHE Annual Meeting Poster Session.  During the poster session, the goal was to showcase the work that Endicott College is performing with curriculum mapping as an assessment tool. Participants learned about the steps taken to use curriculum mapping as an assessment tool, what worked well, challenges encountered, and recommendations going forward at the graduate and undergraduate level.