Director, Academic Effectiveness

The Director, Academic Effectiveness provides leadership over institutional accreditation efforts and processes, placing an emphasis on demonstrating the university’s commitment to student learning and success, and institutional effectiveness and integrity. The director facilitates the university’s academic program review process and oversees the Academic Review Committee. Student learning and success are tracked through curricular and co-curricular experiences; the director meets with University Assessment Committee members routinely to oversee curricular and co-curricular unit assessment efforts, and works with the Core Curriculum Assessment Leadership Representative on assessment planning and tracking for accreditation. Institutional effectiveness and integrity are viewed through the lens of strategic and integrated planning; therefore, the director supports the analytical side of USD’s strategic planning efforts. The director maintains all aspects of the university’s institutional effectiveness respective webpages, supports large-scale survey administration (e.g., campus climate survey), and serves as the university administrator for Nuventive, the university’s assessment management system.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Accreditation Liaison Officer:

• Serve as the primary institutional representative; including institutional report creation, organization, and submission (annual reports, main accreditation, and all substantive-change)
• Work on WSCUC review teams and committees as opportunities arise.

Academic Program Review:

• Facilitate the university’s academic program review process of all curricular programs, including those with external accrediting agencies and online and oversee the Academic Review Committee (ARC).
• Work to integrate strategic planning operational resource management and post graduation student success into the academic program review process.

General Assessment Responsibilities:

• Organize University Assessment Committee (UAC) agendas and meetings.
• Meet with UAC members routinely to oversee curricular and co-curricular unit assessment efforts.
• Work with the Core Curriculum Assessment Leadership Representative on assessment planning and tracking for accreditation.

Strategic Planning and Research:

• Work with Strategic Planning Committee for developing and tracking goals and initiatives.

Institutional Research and Effectiveness Website:

• Oversee and update academic program review, accreditation, and student outcomes information on the Institutional Research and Effectiveness website.

Organization and Collaboration:

• Support large-scale survey administration and research as appropriate
• Oversee Nuventive AMS support and use for program assessment, curricular and co-curricular program review, and strategic planning.

Special Conditions of Employment:

Effective June 1, 2023, based on CDC guidance, the University strongly encourages all campus members to stay up to date with Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination recommendations.  For more regarding information USD's COVID-19 protocols, please visit sandiego.edu/onward.

Background check:  Successful completion of a pre-employment background check.

Degree Verification Requirement: Persons offered employment in this position will be required to provide official education transcripts for degree verification purposes.