Since February 2015, the Educational Effectiveness Committee (previously known as the Forum on Institutional Effectiveness) meets regularly throughout the academic year to discuss and share information about Syracuse University’s continuous improvement efforts. The committee is comprised of school/college representatives, student representatives, and representatives from various campus partners, including the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Information Technology Services, Institutional Research, Retention and Student Success, Syracuse Abroad, and The Student Experience.
Responsibilities of the EEC
The Educational Effectiveness Committee is responsible for the following activities:
- increase awareness of how assessment is used at Syracuse University to improve teaching/learning and related processes
- provide a collaborative forum to sustain Syracuse University’s student learning outcomes assessment and effectiveness initiatives
- utilize data to facilitate discussions and implement actions that support the academic strategic plan
- advise the University, its faculty, and administrative leaders on assessment and accreditation activities; such activities include:
- internal and external reporting
- setting standards for establishing student learning and success outcomes and conducting assessment across the University’s programs/units
- identification of strengths and limitations of current assessment practices
- recommendations for resource allocation to enhance the university assessment practices to ensure successful accreditation
- interpret Middle States accreditation standards and policy
Committee Members
The Educational Effectiveness Committee is comprised of members representing the schools, colleges, and campus partners directly responsible for the student learning experience at Syracuse University.
| Julie Larsen | School of Architecture |
| Kyle Miller | School of Architecture |
| Daekwon Park | School of Architecture |
| Scott Erdman | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Gerry Greenberg | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Laura Machia | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Jing Lei | School of Education |
| Michelle Blum | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
| Kay Bruening | Falk College of Sport |
| Megan Oakleaf | iSchool |
| Shannon Gardner | College of Law |
| John Petosa | Whitman School of Management |
| Lindsay Quilty | Whitman School of Management |
| Willie Reddic | Whitman School of Management |
| Carol Faulkner | Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs |
| Aileen Gallagher | Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Kit Fletcher | Newhouse School of Public Communications |
| Stephanie Jensen-Moulton | College of Visual and Performing Arts |
| Andrea Willis | College of Professional Studies |
| Jerry Edmonds | Academic Affairs |
| Julie Hasenwinkel | Academic Affairs |
| Katie Rupert | Academic Affairs |
| Jessamyn Neuhaus | Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence |
| Gabrielle Chapman | Graduate School |
| Michael Morrison | Information Technology Services |
| Seth Ovadia | Institutional Data and Reporting |
| Kalpana Srinivas | Retention and Student Success |
| Kyle Dailey | Student Experience |
| Petra Hejnova | Syracuse Abroad |
| Fresenai Afeworki | Office of Institutional Effectiveness |
| Laura Harrington | Office of Institutional Effectiveness |
| Melissa Lowry | Office of Institutional Effectiveness |
| Amanda Johnson Sanguiliano | Office of Institutional Effectiveness |
| Patrick Schnobrich | Office of Institutional Effectiveness |