The Comprehensive Assessment Project (CAP) is a major initiative of the Council that began in the summer of 2000. The purpose of the project is to promote improvement and innovation across the 109 colleges and universities that make up the CCCU. We are working together to collect and understand outcomes assessment and student satisfaction information from our schools. We use comparative information to help us locate strengths on individual campuses and within evangelical Christian higher education generally. In this academic year, 48 of the 109 member institutions are active in the program. CAP objectives are:
- To collect and understand outcomes assessment and student satisfaction information from our schools
- To locate strengths on individual campuses and within evangelical Christian higher education generally
What's On Schedule For This Year!
Surveys:
Our focus this Fall will be on the Student Satisfaction Survey (SSI), the Institutional Priorities Survey (IPS), and the Parents Satisfaction Inventory (PSI) from Noel-Levitz. See below for descriptions of the surveys.
KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SURVEYS - INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CCCU QUESTIONS
Keys to Success - SSI and IPS CAP 2011
Keys to Online Success - SSI and IPS CAP 2011
Keys to Online Success - PSI CAP 2011
Advantages to Joining CAP:
1. A comparison of your student results to the CCCU norms.
2. Discounts on the price of the instruments.
3. Free Pre-Administration Webinar to provide guidance on paper and online administration steps, specifically for the CCCU members.
4. Post-Administration Webinar to provide assistance with reviewing, interpreting and utilizing the results, specifically for the CCCU members
Invoicing:
You will register for CAP with us but you will be invoiced for the CAP fee and regular survey administration fees directly from Noel-Levitz. See the online registration form for more details.
Time line:
Fall 2011 - SSI/IPS/PSI
(Administration will take place from October 24 - November 11, 2011)
Survey Descriptions:
Student Satisfaction Inventory™ (SSI): This instrument captures the level of satisfaction as well as the level of importance students place on a variety of items regarding their experience with the college / university. With this data, campuses will know what the priorities for their campus are, and how they are performing based on the perceptions of their students. The results include institution-specific areas of strength (high importance / high satisfaction) and areas of challenge (high importance / low satisfaction) as well as external comparisons to other four-year private institutions and other participating CCCU schools. The survey is available in paper and online administration options.
Institutional Priorities Survey™ (IPS): This instrument is parallel to the SSI and provides campuses with the opportunity to capture the perceptions of faculty, administration and staff on the student experience. With this data, schools will know which items are viewed similarly or differently between students and campus personnel in order to target resources appropriately. National and CCCU specific external comparisons are also included. The survey is available in paper and online administration options.
Parent Satisfaction Inventory™ (PSI): This new instrument in the family of Satisfaction-Priorities Surveys from Noel-Levitz captures the perceptions of the parents of currently enrolled students. The parent population has increasing influence on students’ decisions to stay or leave, so by understanding their viewpoint on the student experience, campuses can target communications to parents appropriately in order to improve retention. Similar to the IPS, the PSI is parallel in language to the SSI, and includes national and CCCU external comparisons. The survey is available for online administrations only; please contact Noel-Levitz to discuss options for accessing and gathering parent e-mail addresses for your campus.
Contact:Nita Stemmler, Program Consultant, CCCU
nstemmler@cccu.org or 519-974-1639
Noel-Levitz Contact:
Julie Bryant, Associate Vice President
julie-bryant@noellevitz.com or 800-876-1117