The Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment facilitates the University's planning, improvement and assessment initiatives.
The Office uses organizational change tools to help departments and units develop strategic plans, improve key processes, assess institutional needs, and develop collaborative team environments.
Services of the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment are provided free of charge to The Pennsylvania State University and are adapted to the specific needs of departments or individuals.
What's New
Quality Endeavors Newsletter Issue No. 125 January 2010 - Improvements with Impact
Application due February 15, 2010 - Through the Leveraging Excellence Award Program, NCCI recognizes initiatives where effective academic and administrative practices have been successfully implemented beyond one department, campus, or institution. While other awards exist to recognize excellent improvements or innovations, the unique distinction of this award program is dissemination or scaling of those improvements/innovations for leveraged impact. They look for initiatives that have resulted in significant impact on quality, efficiency, service, or learning. Read more...
Innovation Insights # 23 - Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Through Lean
The Penn State Board of Trustees, on May 15, 2009, approved the Priorities for Excellence: Penn State's Strategic Plan for 2009-10 through 2013-14. Penn State faculty, staff, and students are invited to read the strategic plan.
Integrating Planning, Assessment, and Improvement in Higher Education - editor, Barbara Sherlock - Based on Penn State’s popular Innovation Insights series, this book brings together in one handy reference nearly a decade of tried and true insights into continuous quality improvements in higher education.
Reports
The Faculty Tenure-Flow Rates: 2008-09 Annual Report is now available. This report shows the tenure achievement rates for provisionally appointed faculty over the past twelve years. Since 1990, fifty-seven percent of provisional faculty have achieved tenure within seven years at Penn State.
Spotlight on Quality Improvement
Keeping Pace with Technology
Regina Vasilatos-Younken, Senior Associate Dean, The Graduate School
"The new online Graduate Application is a dynamic interface..."
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Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment
The Pennsylvania State University
502 Rider Building
University Park, PA 16802-4819
Phone: (814) 863-8721
Fax: (814) 863-7031
Email: psupia@psu.edu
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