Criterion 4 – Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement

This team is developing the institutional response to HLC’s criterion 4, with a focus on providing evidence for how the institution evaluates the effectiveness of its academic programs, learning environments, and support services, and the impact of these on improvement in student learning and success. 

Team:

  • Amy Knetl, Director, Transfer Articulation and Degree Audit (TADA), Team Member
  • Anna Pasillas-Santoyo, Senior Associate Director, Office of Institutional Research, Team Member
  • Dana Wright, Director, Academic Program Development, OVPAPE, Team Member
  • Eric Schwarze, Associate Director, Academic Program Development, Team Writer
  • James (Jim) Joseph Lynn, Director, Office of High School Development, Team Member
  • Jamie Lynn Haney, Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Services, Graduate College, Team Member
  • Lauren Morris, Director of Graduate, Professional, and International Admissions and Chief of Staff, Team Member
  • Lindsey Back, Director, Office for Research on Student Success, Team Member
  • Lo’Ay Abu-Salah, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Team Member
  • Malinda Lorkovich, Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment Strategies, Team Member
  • Nikos Varelas, Vice Provost, Academic Programs and Effectiveness, Team Member
  • Ranfen Li, Director, Assessment and Program Review, Team Lead
  • Ritu Subramony, Director of Accreditation, Team Member
  • Scott Tharp, Associate Director of Academic Program Review Assessment, Team Writer
  • Stuart Ford, Professor of Law and Chair of Law School Assessment Committee, Team Member
  • Sue Farruggia, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Assessment and Planning, Team Member

Additional Support

Executive Group

  • All vice chancellors and deans from the 16 colleges serve as the executive group.

Resource Group

  • Aisha El-Amin, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and Belonging, Resource Group
  • Charu Thakral, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement, Resource Group
  • Erin O’Leary, Executive Director, CATE, Resource Group
  • Joey Volpe, Resource Group
  • Michele McCrillis, Co-Chair General Education Council and Assistant Dean, Honors College, Resource Group
  • Negar Mansourian-Hadavi, Resource Group