Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
Evaluation of the shared governance structure has been ongoing since fall 2011. Since the
shared governance structure was revamped in 2008, participants concluded that some
committees were more active than others. In part, this uneven participation was a
consequence of much turnover in administrative structure and the resultant lack of consistent
participation in shared governance. In the self-evaluation of 2011, this instability was
acknowledged, but the evaluators addressed the efficacy of the shared governance design
itself.
RAC concluded through its evaluation that its membership should be expanded, given its
scope of responsibility. The recommendations from the committees arose from a universal
desire to encourage wider participation in college governance, and to ensure that everyone‘s
efforts would yield results. And at the facilitated retreat of 2012, which was attended by
RAC members as well as faculty, staff, administrative and student representatives, the group
reaffirmed its commitment to an inclusive and transparent governance structure, as well as
the importance of timely communication about the efforts and their outcomes.
The college partially meets this standard.
Planning Agenda
The college vice presidents, working within the participatory governance structure, will fully
implement the integrated planning and resource allocation processes for the 2013-14 budget
year. This will include developing methods for assessing the effectiveness of those processes.
I.B.7
The institution assesses its evaluation mechanisms through a systematic review of their
effectiveness in improving instructional programs, student support services, and library
and other learning support services.
Descriptive Summary
The Program Planning and Assessment (PPA) Committee, a shared governance committee,
regularly reviews the process, procedures, forms, data sets, timelines and templates used in
the PPA cycle. The PPA committee facilitates the review process conducted by all
instructional programs, student services and administrative units. Programs that have fulltime
faculty representation and student support service units have completed comprehensive
PPA plans as of Fall 2012. (I.B.31) Administrative units are scheduled to complete their
reviews in Fall 2012. (I.B.32) Though different templates are used by the various units to
complete the process of review, they all address the mission and include data-driven analysis
which may be used to support resource requests.
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