Standards

Limestone University is dedicated to maintaining the high standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).  To accomplish this, Limestone University is dedicated to maintaining a comprehensive program of regular assessment and timely reporting of substantive changes to SACSCOC.

Academic Programs

All academic programs engage in routine and meaningful assessment of their students’ learning. Each program reports programmatic outcomes to the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness annually. Each program will provide written program learning outcomes, benchmarks, and findings data on these outcomes, as well as an appropriate action plan to complete the report.  Please refer to the Academic Program Assessment Plan for more information: [post copy of plan]

General Education

General Education instructors are responsible for reporting annual General Education Student Learning Outcome data. The Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness will compile, analyze, and report this data to the Provost, Deans, and Program Coordinators in conjunction with the General Education Assessment Committee. The Committee is responsible for providing feedback to respective departments and forwarding recommendations regarding the General Education curriculum to the Curriculum Committee. Please refer to the General Education Assessment Plan for more information: https://www.limestone.edu/document/3812