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NECHE23: Areas of Special Emphasis

2017 NECHE INTERIM REPORT- AREAS OF EMPHASIS

In the 2017 Report Letter from NEASC (NECHE), the following areas were identified as being of special emphasis, to be addressed in addition to the information in the rest of the self study:

  • PLANNING AND EVALUATION- "Implementing its Strategic Plan"
  • THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM- "Assessing its Common Core program"
  • STUDENTS & EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS- "Narrowing the student success 'achievement gap' "
  • INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES- "Developing and implementing plans to address deferral maintenance"

The supporting evidence in the boxes below will address these areas.

PLANNING

From 7/11/2017 NEASC Response to the Westfield State University Fifth-year Interim Report:

  • "Developing Strategic Plan for 2019-2024, building on the work of several committees, and ensuring it aligns with the Mission Statement"
  • "Development and Implementation of Strategic Plan, in keeping with the standards"
  • "Developing multi-year enrollment and financial forecasting and enhance capital planning, which will be incorporated into the Strategic Plan process"
Strategic Planning
Enrollment Planning
Financial and Capital Planning

STUDENTS & EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

From 7/11/2017 NEASC Response to the Westfield State University Fifth-year Interim Report:

"Link data from the Student Success Dashboard to the Starfish Retention Center to provide students with rapid intervention, using targeted resources to support their success

THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM

From 7/11/2017 NEASC Response to the Westfield State University Fifth-year Interim Report:

"Establish a plan to review a subset of learning outcomes from the core each year"

"Perform full assessment of the core curriculum (slated to take six years from date of letter)"

INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

From 7/11/2017 NEASC Response to the Westfield State University Fifth-year Interim Report:

"…deferred maintenance remains a “significant and complex issue”.  We understand the University is developing a multi-year capital plan that will include steps to reduce deferred maintenance and we anticipate being appraised in the Spring 2022 self-study of the University’s success in this matter as evidence that WSU “devotes sufficient resources to maintain and enhance its information, physical and technological resources “