
Institutional Effectiveness
- Before Graduation Survey, each term
- Graduate Follow-up Survey; twice annually
- Employer Survey; triennial
- Advisory Committee Surveys; once every five years
- Annual Reports/Strategic Plan Update; annually each spring
- Assessment Review; annually
- Enrollment Penetration (by county each fall and spring term)
- Environmental Scanning (cohort follow-up and trend analysis):
5 - 7 Community Focus Groups, periodically
15 - 20 Student Focus Groups; odd number fiscal years
Student Opinion Survey, Even number fiscal years
Entering Student Survey, annually each fall
Noel - Levitz, fall and spring terms - Student Complete Withdrawal From Class Database
- ACT Freshman Class Profile
- ACT/ASSET/ COMPASS to CAAP Analysis
- Clay County Fair Survey, annually
- Program Competency Attainment Annual Report
- National Community College Bench Marking Project (NCCBP) by 13 National Indicators of Effective Community Colleges (1993 Community College Roundtable)
- Other research activities as needed to support grant proposal development and other strategic college initiatives.
For more information please contact:
Teresa Tonderum
Planning & Development Assistant
ttonderum@iowalakes.edu
712-362-0413 or 800-252-5664
Fax: 712-362-0480
Mark Gruwell
Executive Dean of Instruction & Development
mgruwell@iowalakes.edu
Jennie Knudson
Grants Specialist
jknudson@iowalakes.edu
Abigail Sedlacek
Grant Writer
asedlacek@iowalakes.edu
