Category Archives: Quality Council

10.08.19

PACE survey opens today

As a reminder, the college is administering a climate survey, the Personal Assessment of the College Environment (PACE), this fall. It opens today, Oct. 8, and will be available through Friday, Nov. 1. You will receive an email invite from the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE) to take the survey.

The survey is conducted every three years to provide data on perceptions of the college environment and to help inform continuous quality improvement initiatives. Your participation is important and appreciated!

– Campus Climate Team

10.08.19

Inclusivity Series presentation Oct. 23

Save the date! The first speaker in the Inclusivity Series, Dr. Penny A. Pasque, will be presenting on “Understanding Implicit Bias and Identifying Action Strategies Toward Change” on Oct. 23 at noon in the Student Union. The event will include a 60-minute keynote at noon, followed by a 30-minute activity at 1 p.m. Registration for the event is requested.

Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner. Implicit bias exists around race, ethnicity, gender, national identity, disability or any social identity. This interactive session will explore your own social identities and, focusing on race, define and explore the complexities of implicit bias for yourself, students and colleagues. The event will address how implicit bias shows up on community college campuses and work toward tangible action strategies toward change.

Dr. Penny A. PasqueDr. Pasque is a professor in educational studies and associate director of qualitative methods in the Office of Research, Innovation and Collaboration at Ohio State University. In addition, she is editor of the “Review of Higher Education,” which is considered one of the leading research journals in the field. Her research addresses complexities in qualitative inquiry, inequities in higher education, and disconnections between higher education and society. She utilizes qualitative methodology as well as studies qualitative methodology. Pasque’s research has appeared in approximately 100 journal articles and books. She is currently the primary investigator for 1) the National Study on Women in Higher Education and Student Affairs since 2008 2) the Epistemological Injustice in Graduate Education research project with Leslie Gonzales, 3) Researching Educational Diversity – The Decolonizing Indigenous Research Team (RED-DIRT).

03.26.19

Quality Council and teams

Since first forming in fall 2018, Quality Council, the four teams (Learning Outcomes Assessment, Campus Climate, Enrollment Management and External Stakeholders) and Faculty Senate have been meeting regularly to review data, identify needs and develop projects for continuous quality improvement in their respective areas. You can view scope/purpose, membership and minutes for the Quality Council and teams by going to the Employee Portal and clicking on Quality Council (located on the left-hand side under Constituencies).

11.29.18

External Stakeholders Team seeks your input

The External Stakeholders Team is reopening their survey to get greater participation from faculty and staff. The team needs your help in identifying various external stakeholders with whom the college interacts and serves. You might have some questions:

  1. What is an external stakeholder?
    Groups or entities outside of LLCC that you interact with on behalf of LLCC.
  2. What if I don’t have much or any interaction with external stakeholders?
    For many of us, our job duties revolve around current students. However, we still ask that you complete the survey even if you rate your interaction with external stakeholders as “none.”
  3. Why does the survey ask us to identify ourselves and our department?
    The team will be using the survey results to group faculty and staff with similar external stakeholders. The team will then organize focus groups to learn how we as a college collect, analyze and document stakeholder needs, perception and satisfaction. There are no right or wrong answers. The end goal is to develop systematic processes, and everyone’s help is needed to achieve it.
  4. If I already completed the survey, do I need to do it again?
    No, and thank you for completing the survey earlier! Your responses have already proven very helpful.
  5. Who should I contact if I have questions or trouble accessing the survey?
    Laurel Bretz (laurel.bretz@llcc.edu or 786-2430) or Nancy Sweet (nancy.sweet@llcc.edu or 786-4613)

Please complete the survey by Wednesday, Dec. 5.  

Thank you!