As discussed last week, institutional mission shapes a college or university’s response to accreditation standards. For example, a college whose curriculum is based on the Great Books and traditional liberal arts studies will probably focus less on the technological competence of its students.

This week you learned about the role that leadership systems play in promoting the institutional mission and the impact of that mission on planning and assessment.

For this week’s assignment, you will analyze the relationship between strategic goals, mission, and the MSHE Standard 11 used in last week’s assignment (“provision of comparable quality of teaching/instruction, academic rigor, and educational effectiveness of the institution’s courses and programs regardless of the location or delivery mode”).

Go to the webpages for Priorities for Excellence: The Penn State Strategic Plan 2009-10 through 2013-14 at The Pennsylvania State University (http://strategicplan.psu.edu/StrategicPlancomplete.pdf) and “AACC Vision & Mission Statements” at Anne Arundel Community College (http://www.aacc.edu/aboutaacc/vision.cfm).

These are also listed in this week’s Learning Resources.
1.Locate mission/vision statements and strategic goals for both institutions. Use the template Tables 1 & 2 to present them. Bold the goals that clearly advance the institutional mission. Utilize the space below each table to address the following questions: How do the bolded goal(s) advance the mission of the institution? Are there elements of the mission that are not advanced by the goals? If so, what are they?

2.The accreditation element studied in Week 2 has been entered in the second row of Tables 3 & 4. Again, enter the strategic goals for both institutions in the lines below. Bold the goals that clearly advance the accreditation element. Utilize the space below each table to address the following questions: How do the bolded goal(s) address the accreditation element? Are there parts of it that are not addressed by the goals? If so, what are they?

3.Select a strategic goal that effectively advances the mission/vision of one of the institutions in this assignment. Enter the goal in the top row. Now locate outcome indicators that the institution has linked to that goal and enter them in the lines below. Utilize the space below to address the following questions: How do the outcomes correspond to the goal? Will the achievement of these outcomes advance the mission of the institution? Would you advocate new or different indicators?

Please use the following link for the Week 3 Application assignment (PSU Strategic Plan).
http://www.opia.psu.edu/progress

Penn State University has a new Strategic Plan for the years 2016 – 2020. Please use the link below to access this Plan as necessary (link on the left side of page for full report). The link I sent previously is actually a Progress and Performance Report for the previous Plan, which also contatins great information.

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Posted on May 28, 2016Author TutorCategories Question, Questions