The Office of Institutional Effectiveness encourages continuous assessment and improvement of academic programs, student support offices, and administrative services by providing leadership and actively participating in the strategic planning and evaluation processes for the University.

Francis Marion University’s programs and departments are engaged in continuous improvement.  They are committed to a collaborative-process that involves the review of departmental Institutional Effectiveness (IE) reports by the university IE committee.  The main components of an IE report include revisiting and revising (i.) mission statement, (ii.) program outcomes, (iii.) student learning outcomes (SLOs), (iv.) assessment of SLOs, (v.) analysis of SLO results, and (vi.) planned improvements based on these results.

Academic, student, and administrative support service units at Francis Marion University are committed to ongoing and continuous improvement.  All units engage in a process that involves regular review of operational activities, establishment of goals and outcomes, assessment of outcomes, validation of results, and designing planned improvement based on assessment results.

IE Summary Reports

A. Academic & Student Support Service Reports

B. Administrative Support Service Reports

The General Education Reports emphasizes and illustrates the connections between The General Education Goals, Student Learning Outcomes, and The General Education Requirements.

According to the National Survey of Student Engagement Survey (NSSE), the survey “… reflect behaviors by students and institutions that are associated with desired outcomes of college. NSSE doesn’t assess student learning directly, but survey results point to areas where colleges and universities are performing well and aspects of the undergraduate experience that could be improved”.

Francis Marion University indirectly assesses students behaviors by engaging students in the Francis Marion University Exit Survey.  The survey addresses i.) student demographics, ii.) reason for attending FMU, iii.) financial obligations iv.) perception of FMU support services v.) future formal education vi.) FMU educational experiences, and vii.) employment and experience.