Overall Area for Improvement
| Develop a strategy for effective communication among the different AUB constituencies, especially for the promotion of transparency, and for the purposes of disseminating and increasing awareness of institutional values and of the university strategic plan and its related initiatives.
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| Standard I: Mission and Goals | Develop systematic and sustainable mechanisms and guidelines for triggering a review of the mission statement and/or the development of strategic plans.
Have more explicit and well-defined initiatives through which the university can illustrate how the aspects of the mission related to the development of personal integrity, lifelong learning, and commitment to freedom of thought and expression will be achieved.
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Standard II: Ethics and Integrity
| Create sustainable and well-defined systems by which ethics and integrity are improved on a continuous basis. In part, this will require forming an ethics and integrity office for monitoring adherence to institutional policies and procedures. Also, it will require hiring an ombudsperson to support compliance through training and awareness activities.
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Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
| Assess the sustainability of some graduate master programs, vis-à-vis their relevance, cost of operation and financial sustainability, taking into account their need for achieving the mission of the institution. Also, evaluate and try to reduce time to degree for graduate programs.
Initiate a process for assessing the reasons behind attrition and hence low graduation rate of freshman students.
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Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience
| Continue improving the current advising system by transforming it into a comprehensive, fully-integrated advising system that clarifies what is expected from all stakeholders (advisers, students, the Office of the Registrar, individual faculties/schools and the Office of Student Affairs), prepares and motivates academic advisers, and includes periodic assessment of the academic advising process and of advisers’ performance.
Expand the athletic program at AUB by strengthening its athletic scholarships program.
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Standard V: Educational Effectiveness Assessment
| Establish a well-defined mechanism for the integration and continuous improvement of the institution’s educational assessment processes.
Make assessment of the Program Learning Outcomes of graduate programs mandatory, and review all existing PLOs for their alignment with program and university missions.
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Standard VI: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
| Link assessment of KPIs of the academic and administrative units to the strategic plan of the university including the assessment of resources. Ensure that ASP is published as a reference document on AUB website.
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Standard VII: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
| Develop guidelines for the assessment of members of the university administration, including senior administrators, deans, chairs/conveners of academic units, and directors of centers and institutes, and articulate clearly the link between this assessment and the strategic goals of AUB.
Enhance the culture of accountability across the university and engage in a sustainable and effective compliance program that includes a regular enforcement and revision of policies and procedures coupled with awareness sessions, and training activities.
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